NICE to involve public, patients, professionals in clinical standards development and review.

BRIS-124 Response Historic AI-assessed

NICE to involve public, patients, professionals in clinical standards development and review.

Recommendation

NICE should pursue vigorously its current policy of involving as wide a community as possible, including the public, patients and carers, in the work to develop and keep under review clinical standards. In particular, the special expertise of the Royal Colleges and specialist professional associations should be harnessed and supported. Account should also be taken of the expertise of the senior management of the NHS.

Published Evidence Summary

The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:

No specific government response or evidence of action detailing NICE's vigorous pursuit of involving a wide community, including the public, patients, carers, Royal Colleges, and professional associations, in developing and reviewing clinical standards has been identified in the provided official sources.

How was this assessed?

Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 18 Mar 2026

Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)

External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk

Jurisdiction

UK-wide