Transcript Gillian matthews Presentation 16 11 10

Introducing NICE...
Gateshead Council
Gillian Mathews
Implementation consultant - north
What is NICE?
The National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence (NICE) is the independent
organisation responsible for providing national
guidance on the promotion of good health and
the prevention and treatment of ill health.
This is what we do
Evidence
assessment
and
interpretation
Economic
evaluation
and resource
impact
assessment
NICE and NHS
Evidence
Evidence – guidance – shared learning
Pathways,
guidance and
standards
Web access
for decision
support and
e-learning
This is how we add value
Better outcomes
for patients
Knowledge for
professionals and
patients
Our purpose is to improve
the quality and productivity
of clinical practice, public
health and social care
Effective use of
NHS resources
Access to the NHS
market
Independence, objectivity and transparency.
We have become a unique platform
Optimal use of
new and
existing
treatments
Clinical
guidelines,
QOF and
quality
standards
NICE and NHS
Evidence
Evidence – guidance – shared learning
Health
promotion and
disease
prevention
Comprehensive
evidence
service
•
•
•
We produce guidance in three areas...
Health technologies- guidance on
the use of new and existing
medicines, treatments, procedures
and medical technologies and
diagnostics
Clinical practice- guidance on the
appropriate treatment and care of
people with specific diseases and
conditions
Public health - guidance on the
promotion of good health and the
prevention of ill health
Core principles of all NICE guidance
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Based on the best evidence available
Expert input
Patient and carer involvement
Independent advisory committees
Genuine consultation
Regular review
Open and transparent process
Who writes the guidance?
What are NICE Quality Standards?
• A set of 5-10 statements that are:
– markers of high-quality, cost effective clinical care for a
particular condition
– derived from the best available evidence
– produced collaboratively with the NHS and social care
• Quality measures
- high level quality indicators
•
Audience descriptors
- A description of what the quality standards mean for a
variety of audiences
Quality Standards topics
Pilot topics 2009-10
•
•
•
•
Stroke
Dementia
Prevention of venous thromboembolism
Specialist neonatal care
Topics 2010-11
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Diabetes
COPD
Breast cancer
Depression
Chronic kidney disease
Glaucoma
Chronic heart failure
End of life care
Alcohol dependency
Developed from evidence: Dementia, an example
NICE
quality
standards
NICE Quality Standards
Drawn from ‘key priorities for implementation’
listed in the NICE clinical guideline, with extra
emphasis on patient experience and the whole
clinical team.
Guidance AND key policy
documents
Guidance
Key policy
documents
Dementia: Supporting people with dementia and
their carers in health and social care,
(NICE/SCIE CG42).
Department of Health (2009) Living well with
dementia: A National Dementia Strategy.
Audit evidence of variation in
care
Audit evidence of
variation in care
National Audit Office (2007): Improving services
and support for people with dementia (and 2010
interim report).
Royal College of Psychiatrists National Audit of
Dementia.
NHS Evidence
High quality evidence for high quality care
- A web-based service that helps staff keep up to date
with the latest information about health and social care
-already attracting 700,000 visits and 1 million
searches a month
-free to use service, free from ‘noise’ and providing
access to credible, relevant information
-NHS Evidence Accreditation Scheme identifies high
quality sources
How can NICE help?
• We provide general support tools such as the ‘How to
Guides’ and a map of NICE guidance available against
national indicators and targets
• We encourage shared learning from practice and provide
support at local level through our field team
• We provide topic specific support tools such as slide
sets, costing tools, clinical audit support, educational tools
and commissioning guides
• We provide online educational modules for healthcare
professionals
• We actively work in partnership with other organisations
to support NICE guidance
‘How to’ implement guidance
The NICE Field Team
• Seven consultants based in
the field - the ‘local face’ of
NICE
Gill Mathews
Annie Coppel
• Providing people
implementing NICE
Chris Connell
guidance with updates,
advice and support for your
local strategies for
implementation
Deborah Bent
Jane Moore
Steve Sparks
Stephen Judge
What the implementation team offers..
• Updates and advice to help the senior
management team implement NICE guidance
• Problem solving, by sharing examples of how
organisations have worked together to
implement guidance
• Advice on how to use the NICE implementation
support tools
• A chance to feedback to NICE on local issues,
ideas for new topics and suggestions for
improvement
Keep up to date with the latest from
NICE...
• Sign up on the NICE website to
receive NICE guidance
electronically
• Or subscribe online to our free
monthly E-newsletter: includes
information about guidance
launched each month.
• Follow us on Twitter
@NICEcomms
Where to find all that...
Contact us
Gillian Mathews – Implementation consultant
[email protected]
NICE website
www.nice.org.uk
NHS Evidence
www.evidence.nhs.uk