“A Terrible Beauty is a relatively short account of the origins and formation of NICE, originally the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, and of its first sixteen years of operations. Together with some assessment of its impact to date.” – Nicholas Timmins –

“A Star in the East: A Short History of HITAP” is a short history of the Thai Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program from its founding in 2007 to the present day, with some history of how it came into existence with an assessment of its national and international impact” -Anthony J.

Over the past 5 years, together with colleagues from across the globe, we have helped empower policy-makers to make decisions that are evidence-based and procedurally fair, in order to improve the quality and efficiency of their health systems. This year has been a turning point for us. We

NICE International is celebrating its sixth birthday in 2014. Over the past year, we have had the privilege of reinforcing our partnership with the new administration of the Chinese Health and National Planning Commission and signed a bilateral agreement with the leadership of the Indian Ministry of

INTRODUCTION TO THE YEAR’S EVENTS 2015 was our best year yet – a year that saw our international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) grow from a fledgling enterprise to a trusted source of knowledge and support for those setting healthcare priorities. With our iDSI partners in Thailand (HITAP),

The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health. With an annual budget of approximately £35 million, NICE employs 250 staf

NICE focuses on the UK. But over the years NICE’s guidance and methods have generated substantial interest from researchers, non-governmental organisations, health insurance funds and ministries of health and finance across the globe. NICE International was set up to respond to requests from arou

With Universal Health Coverage (UHC) high on the global health agenda, governments of many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have pledged to increase health investments in the scale-up of essential health services to meet the needs of their people. This has led to the recognition of health te

About this book First-of-its-kind resource exploring how cancer care fits into a general health system, contributed to by internationally eminent interdisciplinary experts Cancer Systems and Control for Health Professionals delivers a comprehensive overview of the subject of cancer control