Archive: National Institute For Clinical Excellence

Treatment tester Nice 'needs remedy'

Nice plays a vital role in Britain's healthcare system

Assessment practices at the body responsible for deciding which treatments should be used by the NHS have come under attack from MPs.

Nice ordered to rewrite Alzheimer's guidelines

NHS 'must reconsider' payment of treatment overseas

Alternative therapies on NHS 'should end'

Nice ordered to rewrite Alzheimer's guidelines

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has been ordered to change the way it assesses Alzheimer's patients, in the first judicial review of its decisions.

Johnson to push for cheaper NHS drugs deals

Alan Johnson wants to renegotiate with pharmaceutical companies to reduce the NHS drugs bill.

Efficiency drive 'could save NHS £2.2bn'

Government urges NHS trusts to improve services to save cash

The NHS could save £2.2 billion a year by changing the way it provides services, in particular by reducing the time patients spend in hospital, the government has said.

Alzheimer's sufferers 'denied drugs'

The health watchdog rejected an appeal to make Alzheimer's drugs more widely available

Thousands of people suffering from early stage Alzheimer's will be denied drugs on the NHS following a ruling by the health watchdog today.

NHS to weed out 'ineffective' treatments

Drugs watchdog begins review to weed out ineffective NHS treatments

The NHS clinical watchdog has today begun a review to weed out the treatments and procedures which are out of date but still being used.

Lesbians 'should get IVF' on NHS

British Fertility Society says lesbians should get IVF but fat women should not

Lesbian couples and single women should be given the same rights to fertility treatment on the NHS as heterosexual couples, the British Fertility Society (BFS) has argued.

Charities condemn NHS cancer drug ruling

Health watchdog under fire for refusing use of two bowel cancer drugs on the NHS

Cancer charities have today condemned the decision by the health watchdog not to make two bowel cancer drugs available on the NHS.

Watchdog approves breast cancer drug

Nice approves use of Herceptin in early stage breast cancer sufferers

Thousands of women will have access to a life-saving new drug on the NHS after the health watchdog today approved Herceptin for use against early stage breast cancer.

Alternative therapies on NHS 'should end'

Scientists express concern about use of 'untested' complementary medicine on NHS

The NHS should stop promoting complementary medicines and instead use the money for treatments based on "solid evidence", a group of leading doctors said today.