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NICE is the independent organisation
responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good
health and the prevention and treatment of ill health. On 1 April 2005
NICE joined with the Health Development Agency to become the new National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (also to be known as NICE).
The following are surgically relevant guidelines that have been issued by
NICE
Interventional Guidance Procedures
NICE guidance tells you about the safety of interventional procedures
used for diagnosis or treatment and says whether they work well enough for
routine use (or whether special arrangements are needed for patient
consent). The aim of NICE's interventional procedures guidance is to
protect patients’ safety and to support people in the NHS in the process
of introducing new procedures. Many of the procedures that NICE
investigates are new, but we also look at more established procedures if
there is uncertainty about their safety or how well they work. To develop
NICE interventional procedures guidance, NICE reviews evidence and
collects and analyses information. By providing guidance on how safe
procedures are and how well they work, NICE makes it possible for new
treatments and tests to be introduced into the NHS in a responsible way.
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