We evaluate new health technologies for NHS use, considering clinical effectiveness and value for money. We also produce useful and usable guidance, helping health and care practitioners deliver the best care.
Our programmes
Our different programmes include:
- our guidance
- financial planning tools
- our advice
- standards and indicators
- topic selection.
Prioritising our guidance topics
We need to prioritise areas of guidance development and delivery that will have the greatest impact on the health and care system. To do this we're developing a new centralised approach.
Life sciences
How industry can engage with us during health technology development to achieve better outcomes. Our services include:
- NHS Innovation Service
- UK Pharma Scan
- NICE Advice.
NICE International
Our advisory service for international organisations, ministries and government agencies. Find out more about:
- our consultancy services
- speaking engagements
- seminars
- using our content outside the UK.
Digital health
Our aim is to improve patient access to the best digital health innovations. Our work in this area includes.
- Office for Digital Health
- support for developers
- AI and digital regulations service
- health technology assessment.
Evidence and best practice resources
Resources that provide access to high quality authoritative evidence and best practice. This includes:
- clinical knowledge summaries
- journals and databases
- British National Formulary (BNF)
- our medicines awareness service.
Put our guidance into practice
Support and resources to help you make the best use of our guidance and quality standards. This includes:
- implementation support
- cost-saving guidance
- the resource planner
- shared learning case studies.
Social care
Guidance, advice and resources for social care. Our social care resources include:
- quick guides
- quality improvement resource for adult social care
- child abuse and neglect guidance
- social care trainers resource.
Commercial Liaison Team
More information about the pricing arrangements proposed by pharmaceutical companies to enable access to high cost drugs.
Accreditation
The accreditation programme assesses the processes used to produce guidance and advice.
Our research work
How we work with researchers, funders, charities and policy organisations to achieve high quality, impactful research.
NICE and health inequalities
Reducing health inequalities is one of our core principles. So, our guidance supports strategies that improve population health as a whole, while offering particular benefit to the most disadvantaged.