NICE News October 2016

Featured news

Patients to get faster access to the most cost effective treatments under proposed changes to NICE's process Patients could benefit from the most cost effective treatments nearly three months faster under plans unveiled by NICE and NHS England. More... NICE recommends wider use of tests to detect cancer-causing genetic condition NICE has recommended that everyonewho is diagnosed with colorectal cancershould be tested for an inherited genetic condition called Lynch syndrome (LS). More...

News

New treatment recommended for kidney cancer People with kidney cancer set to benefit from a new innovative immunotherapy, after NICE says it should be available on the NHS. More... NICE calls for increased use of magnesium sulfate in preterm labour In a new quality standard, NICE sets out improvements to help mothers andbabies. More...

NICE address mental health within the criminal justice system All staff working within the criminal justice system should receive training to recognise and respond to mental health problems, says NICE. More... NICE recommends new drug osimertinib for hundreds of people with lung cancer Hundreds of people with lung cancerwill now have access to new drug osimertinib, also known as Tagrisso, after NICE says it should be made available on the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF). More...

Home care services should give people more responsibility to manage their medicines NICE is urging home care staff to make sure they give people direct responsibility for their own medicines wherever possible, with help from family or carers if needed. More... #NICE Chat   NICE regularly host live #NICEchat events on Twitterwhere guidance topics are open for discussion with key experts. Our most recent one focused on Multimorbidity. More...

Click here for more news and features. Stay up-to-date with the latest NICE news stories and features

Current UpDate - News from UpToDate

Each bi-weekly issue of Current UpDate highlights a few of the recent, important additions to  "What's New" and "Practice Changing UpDates" topics.

To see "What's New" in your specialty (and 24 others, including drug therapy), or to read "Practice Changing UpDates" across all specialties, click here.

An all-new episode of UpToDate Talk features Dr. Brett Cucchiara discussing aspirin for secondary prevention after transient ischemic attack or stroke, and Dr. Paul Sax discussing the prevention of HIV1 transmission with antiretroviral therapy. Listen now!