Health Authority NICE initiates discussion on revised Health Technology Programme Manual
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recently launched a consultation focused on updating its HealthTech programme manual. The update aims to provide greater detail on methods used when developing HealthTech guidance, including new approaches for late-stage assessments (LSA) of HealthTech products already in established use within the NHS.
The consultation, which opened in August 2025 and will close on 4 September 2025, emphasizes stakeholder engagement through direct online commenting on draft documents. This invites feedback to refine the programme manual, ensuring it accurately reflects the needs of health professionals, industry, and the public.
The focus of the consultation includes clarifying methods for developing guidance on established HealthTech products under the LSA framework, streamlining the LSA process, and enabling broad stakeholder participation by allowing comments directly on the online consultation document to inform final manual updates.
Meanwhile, the article "MedTech in the UK and EU: What to Expect in 2025" published in "Medical Device Manufacturing Insights" is likely to discuss predictions and trends related to MedTech in the specified regions for the year 2025. However, it does not appear to be directly related to the NICE consultation or the updates to its HealthTech programme manual.
In other news, the UK agency has approved cutting-edge robotic surgery systems, although the exact details about the specific systems are not provided. The approval comes amid scrutiny from the industry over recent LSA pilots.
The NHS 10 Year Plan includes a commitment to early MedTech adoption and roll-out, but the exact nature of the MedTech adoption and roll-out in the plan is not detailed. The commitment to MedTech is part of a broader strategy, but the exact scope of the plan is not specified.
The article "MedTech in the UK and EU: What to Expect in 2025" is published in the "Medical Device Manufacturing Insights" section, suggesting it may be of interest to manufacturers and industry professionals.
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