NICE Talks National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Following the publication of our new guideline, ovarian cancer: identifying and managing familial and genetic risk, the latest episode of NICETalks focuses on genetic testing and how it can help to identify those most at risk of ovarian cancer.

We talk to Ranjit Manchanda, professor of gynaecological oncology, Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust, Dr Judith Hayward, GP with special interest in genetics and Joanne Stanford who joined us to share her personal experience of genetic testing.

In this month's podcast, we speak with Jeanette Kusel, director of NICE Advice and Luella Trickett, director of value and access at the Association of British HealthTech Industries. They outline the benefits and opportunities NICE Advice can provide.

Go to: https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/life-sciences/nice-advice-service?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=nicetalks&utm_campaign=january2024&utm_term=landingpage&utm_content=linkclick

In this episode, the directors of NICE's guidance producing centres reflect on the highlights of 2023. We hear from Mark Chapman, interim director of HealthTech; Helen Knight, director of medicines evaluation; and Professor Jonathan Benger, chief medical officer and interim director of the centre for guidelines.

More than 10,000 virtual ward beds will be used by the NHS in England this winter to care for people with an acute respiratory infections.

To learn more about the benefits and opportunities of introducing a virtual ward, or hospital at home service, our guests are Mark Salmon, programme director in the Science, Evidence, and Analytics Directorate at NICE and Becky Housley, consultant nurse at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with responsibility for the virtual health hub.

It is estimated that there are around 85,000 strokes every year in England, with over 1 million people currently living with its long-term effects.

We catch up with Jon Brown, chair of the independent committee and Professor Stephen Hill, lay member on the committee about NICE’s updated guidance on stroke rehabilitation.

We’re proposing changes to how we select topics for guidance production. This is to ensure we focus on what matters most to the health and care system.
In this month’s podcast, we hear from Professor Jonathan Benger, NICE's chief medical officer, and Dr Jeanette Dickson, chair of council at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, about how this will work.