Priorities for NICE in health & social care

This Westminister Forum conference will discuss the priorities for NICE within health and social care following the publication of the NICE Strategy 2021 to 2026: Dynamic, Collaborative, Excellent earlier this year, which sets out NICE’s vision and priorities for transformation over the next five years, including:

• rapid and responsive evaluation of technology, and increasing uptake and access to new treatments
• flexible and up-to-date guideline recommendations which integrate the latest evidence and innovative practices
• improving the effective uptake of guidance through collaboration and monitoring
• providing scientific leadership through driving research and data use to address gaps in the evidence base.

It will be an opportunity to discuss the role of NICE in a changing health and social care landscape following the pandemic, as well as the opportunities presented for guidance to keep pace with the development of integrated care, innovative treatments, and data-driven research and technology.

Sessions in the agenda include:

• key priorities for delivering the future vision and transformation of NICE going forward
• developing evidence-based guidelines in a changing health and social care landscape:
• flexibility, patient engagement, collaboration, and effective implementation
• lessons learned from the use of rapid guidelines in response to COVID-19
• the opportunities presented for improving the utilisation of data and the future for data-driven evidence and guidelines
• taking forward new approaches to evaluating health technology - speed, cost-effectiveness, and engagement
• priorities for industry engagement and improving value and access to innovative health technology
• supporting the development and adoption of innovative medicines
• the role of managed access and funding in delivering improved patient access to innovation
• opportunities for using research and data analytics to meet gaps in the evidence base.

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