NICE guidance affects our everyday practice as physiotherapists. Commissioners of health services take it seriously and may change services according to the guidance.
It is important therefore for us all to take any opportunities to get involved with NICE to promote the role of physiotherapy within paediatrics.
As an APCP member you can:
- Respond to a call from APCP to attend a Scoping Workshop
- Respond to a call from APCP for volunteers to collate and submit stakeholder comments on draft documents, on behalf of APCP members
- Respond to a call from APCP to submit comments on draft documents to be included in APCP stakeholder's response
- Contact the APCP NICE Guidance Officer to share your experiences of being involved with NICE, or of putting NICE guidance into practice with other APCP members.
As an individual you can:
- Respond to a call from NICE to apply to join a NICE Committee as a topic expert
- Contribute evidence when there is a call for evidence from NICE. This is a situation where NICE think there may be additional important evidence on a topic unlikely to be found by electronic searching alone, e.g. patient perspectives, expert practitioner evidence, etc.
- Help to put guidelines into practice, e.g. hold an in-service training event for therapists, set new quality standards for your service in line with NICE guidelines; use the information to build a business case for new staff/equipment.
- Inform NICE if you think a guideline might need updating
You will find information about current opportunities for getting involved HERE.
Keeping up-to-date with NICE news
APCP sends out a quarterly NICE Update to keep members informed of the latest news related to relevant guidance in development and sends out 'Call to Action' emails to alert members to new opportunities to get involved.
Individuals can also sign up NICE newsletters and alerts