nice

• nice is the national institute for health and social care excellence
• the main responsibilities of nice:

  
  

  -to assess new drugs and treatments as they become available

  -to provide evidence-based guidelines on how particular conditions should be treated

  -to improve outcomes for people using the nhs
• nice considers whether a drug/treatment:

  
  

  -benefits patients

  -is cost-effective

  -should be available on the NHS