New NICE and public health

Abstract

Purpose

This paper seeks to describe the public health guidance development activity of the new National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Design/methodology/approach

The paper outlines the origins of the public health guidance development work, the types of guidance in public health which NICE will produce, the methodological approach which will be used, the advisory body structure, the health economics which will inform judgements about cost‐effectiveness, the audiences for the guidance and the approach to health inequalities which will be taken.

Findings

The future recommendations which NICE will make in public health are signalled.

Originality/value

The paper provides a summary of the key processes which will be used in the production of public health guidance.

Citation

Kelly, M.P. (2006), "New NICE and public health", Health Education, Vol. 106 No. 3, pp. 181-184. https://doi.org/10.1108/09654280610658523