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NICE Talks
NICE Talks is the podcast from UK's National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Our podcast brings the stories behind our work to improve outcomes for people using the NHS and other public health and social care services through evidence-based guidance. Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/nicecomms
Episodes
NICE TalksEndometriosis and fibroids: new treatment options
Prescriptions for two NICE-recommended tablets for endometriosis and fibroids have risen sharply in England. In this episode of NICE Talks, we hear from Lucy…
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How NICE prepares for the healthcare of tomorrow
In this episode, we explore the research taking place behind the scenes at NICE and how it helps us prepare for the future of healthcare. From new medicines…
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Second Chances: How new technology is transforming organ transplants
In this episode, we explore how new machine perfusion technology is changing the landscape of organ transplantation in the UK. NICE has published guidance…
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PMOS: how the new draft NICE guideline could transform diagnosis and care
In this episode we explore the draft NICE guideline for PMOS (formerly known as PCOS), out for public consultation until 11 August 2026. We're joined by…
NICE TalksChanging the course: the NHS's first treatment to delay type 1 diabetes
NICE has recommended teplizumab for NHS use — the first treatment to delay the onset of symptomatic type 1 diabetes by an average of nearly three years. In…
NICE TalksTreating babies at home with oral antibiotics
In this episode we discuss the recent changes to the NICE guideline for neonatal infections, that mean newborn babies receiving antibiotics in hospital could…
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Endometriosis fertility care and gynaecological cancer guidance
In this episode of NICE Talks, we're covering some of the most significant guidance updates of the year so far for women's health and cancer care. For the…
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Backing the healthtech that changes lives
When the right technology reaches the right patient, lives change. In this episode of NICE Talks, we hear directly from people whose lives have been…
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How NICE guidance is accelerating access to innovative migraine treatments
In this episode, we discuss two innovative migraine treatments recommended by NICE. We explore the rapid uptake across the NHS with our three guests. We're…
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The asthma guideline – one year on
In this episode of NICE Talks, we learn the impact of the joint asthma guideline published in November 2024. Developed collaboratively by the British Thoracic…
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Reviewing 2025: Producing faster rigorous guidance to make an impact on patient's lives
We look back on the guidance we've produced in 2025. We're joined by director of medicines evaluation Helen Knight, the deputy director of the centre for…
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Getting medicines to NHS patients faster with aligned decisions with the MHRA
We're joined by representatives from the MHRA to discuss how NHS patients will be able to access medicines up to 6 months faster through an aligned MHRA and…
NICE TalksHow NICE is helping to deliver the government's 10 year health plan
In this episode we learn how NICE is helping to deliver the government's 10 year health plan. Our guests are the senior responsible officers looking after the…
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Treating type 2 diabetes with SGLT-2 inhibitors
In this episode, we discuss recent analysis showing significant disparities in SGLT-2 inhibitor prescriptions for people with type 2 diabetes in England. We…
NICE TalksInnovation in action: Inside NICE's HTA Lab
Our Health Technology Assessment Innovation Laboratory (HTA Lab) was launched in June 2023 to test and develop creative solutions to complex problems in health…
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NICE's prioritisation board: focus on what matters most
NICE's prioritisation board has been in operation for just over 12 months. In this episode we review the first year and learn more about how decisions are…
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Learn more about our useful and useable maternal and child nutrition guideline
We're joined by health visitor Karen McLean and health psychologist Vivien Swanson, two members of the guideline committee, to discuss the changes made to the…
NICE TalksWill robotic-assisted surgery change NHS practice forever?
In this episode we’re going to be learning more about NICE's guidance for robotic assisted surgery. Our guests are Dr Anastasia Chalkidou, NICE’s HealthTech…
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Endometriosis - learn more about NICE's guideline for this chronic condition
To mark endometriosis awareness month this March we discuss the global initiative, Endometriosis Explained, aiming to educate and support those affected by…
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Navigating the future - AI at NICE
In this episode we’re going to be learning about how NICE is preparing to use artificial intelligence. Dr Pall Jonsson, programme director for data and…
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Learn more about the proposed changes to our routing criteria for highly specialised technologies
In this episode we discuss our consultation on NICE's routing criteria for highly specialised technologies. Professor Jonathan Benger, our deputy chief…
NICE TalksLearn more about NICE's updated menopause guideline
In this episode we’re going to be learning about the updated NICE guideline on the identification and management of the menopause. Our guests are Marie Anne…
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Learn about the role of NICE's independent advisory committees
In this episode we’re going to be learning about the role of NICE's independent advisory committees. How they operate, who are the members and what flexibility…
NICE TalksMake your voice heard on a NICE committee
In this episode, we hear from Professor Jonathan Benger, NICE's deputy chief executive and interim director of our Centre for Guidelines. He's joined by Dr…
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Learn more about NICE's new guideline on identifying and managing adrenal insufficiency
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has, for the first time, published a guideline on the identification and management of adrenal…
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Learn more about the NICE and NHS England MedTech Pathway consultation
We're joined by Mark Chapman, director of NICE's HealthTech programme and Verena Stocker, director of Innovation, Research, Life Sciences and Strategy at NHS…
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25 years of NICE and focusing on what matters most to deliver for the future
In this episode, our guests reflect on 25 years of NICE, how the organisation has developed, the impact its had and how it will change to adapt to the…
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Assessing the familial and genetic risk of ovarian cancer
Following the publication of our new guideline, ovarian cancer: identifying and managing familial and genetic risk, the latest episode of NICETalks focuses on…
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Learning more about the NICE Advice service
In this month's podcast, we speak with Jeanette Kusel, director of NICE Advice and Luella Trickett, director of value and access at the Association of British…
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Highlights of 2023: Our directors look back on a busy year
In this episode, the directors of NICE's guidance producing centres reflect on the highlights of 2023. We hear from Mark Chapman, interim director of…
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Our guidance on virtual wards (hospital at home) services
More than 10,000 virtual ward beds will be used by the NHS in England this winter to care for people with an acute respiratory infections. To learn more about…
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Updated guidance on stroke rehabilitation
It is estimated that there are around 85,000 strokes every year in England, with over 1 million people currently living with its long-term effects. We catch up…
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Changes to guidance topic selection
We’re proposing changes to how we select topics for guidance production. This is to ensure we focus on what matters most to the health and care system. In this…
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Our proportionate approach to technology appraisals
We’re making some changes to how we evaluate medicines to help get new treatments to patients quicker. In this month's podcast, we hear from Jenniffer…
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Our world leading work into antimicrobial resistance
On 10 July NHS England published proposals for establishing an antimicrobial products subscription model for products that offer exceptional value to patients…
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Our international partnerships - working collaboratively for the benefit of patients
We speak with Meindert Boysen, NICE's head of international affairs, and Dr Nicole Mittmann, vice president of scientific evidence, methodologies and resources…
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Digital therapies to treat mental health conditions
Following Mental Health Awareness Week, we hear about 4 NICE-approved digital technologies that can help children and young people with mild to moderate…
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Bowel cancer - warning signs and symptoms
As part of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, we chat with 2 members of our colorectal cancer guideline committee. We're joined by Justin Davies, a consultant…
NICE TalksChief executive Dr Sam Roberts outlines her priorities for NICE
Chief executive Dr Sam Roberts outlines her priorities for NICE by National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
NICE TalksUrinary tract infections: How we can help support people and professionals
In this episode we discuss urinary tract infections (UTI's) and the publication of NICE' new quality standard. The guests are: Dr Tessa Lewis, a GP and…
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What role does NICE play in patient safety?
In this episode we discuss the role NICE plays in patient safety. The guests are: Professor Kevin Harris, senior responsible office for patient safety at NICE…
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How NICE is working to reduce health inequalities
Reducing health inequalities is part of NICE’s DNA. We offer evidence-based recommendations to help improve the health of communities. The equitable…
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New patient decision aid on asthma inhalers and climate change
We speak to Consultant Respiratory Physician Dr Hitasha Rupani, Medicines Consultant Clinical Adviser at NICE Jonathan Underhill and asthma patient Sheba…
NICE TalksSelf-harm: How can we help and support people?
In September 2022, NICE published its guideline on the assessment, management and preventing recurrence of self-harm. We speak to Professor Nav Kapur who was…
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How to reduce the risk of skin cancer
In this month’s NICE Talks podcast we speak to Dr Gail Allsopp, interim medical director at NICE, and Richard Jackson, patient advocate who was diagnosed with…
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A new era for MedTech assessment? Learning more about the NICE Early Value Assessment pilot
On this month's podcast we find out more about the launch of NICE's early value assessment programme in medical technology. This pilot will look at least 10…
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New NICE guideline on social work with adults experiencing complex needs
This month’s NICE Talks podcast focusses on NICE’s new guideline on social work with adults experiencing complex needs. We chat with Rebecca Harrington, who…
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The story behind the first digital therapeutic recommended by NICE
In May 2022, NICE published medical technologies guidance on Sleepio to treat insomnia. It is the first digital therapeutic for treating insomnia recommended…
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Chief executive Sam Roberts: My ambitious plans for future of NICE
In her first interview with NICE Talks, chief executive Sam Roberts gives her initial thoughts of the organisation, her plans for the next 12 months and…
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Integrated Health and Care Services for People Experiencing Homelessness
In this episode we talk about NICE's recently published guideline on integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness. The…
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The Evidence Standards Framework for digital health technologies
In this episode we’re going to be talking about NICE's evidence standards framework for digital health technologies. Working alongside system partners, we've…
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Changes to our methods and processes for health technology evaluation
In this episode, we speak with Helen Knight, programme director in NICE’s Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, and Dr Jane Adam, chair of one of our…
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2021 A year in review
In this episode of our NICE Talks podcast, we speak with Professor Gillian Leng, our chief executive, and Dr Mark Kroese, chair of our diagnostics advisory…
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Producing our rapid COVID-19 guidelines and the infodemic
In this month's podcast, we discuss how we worked with stakeholders at the start of the pandemic to produce evidence-based rapid guidelines for COVID-19. We…
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The NICE methods & process review: what it means for patients, the NHS and industry
In this month's podcast, we discuss our health technology evaluation methods, processes and topic selection consultation. We chat with NICE's deputy chief…
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Shared decision making: why is it so important?
In our monthly podcast we discuss with Prof Gillian Leng, NICE chief executive, and Marie Burnham, guideline committee chair, why shared decision making is…
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Chronic Pain: First do no harm
NICE’s recent recommendations in its guideline on the assessment and management of chronic pain have generated a lot of debate. In this episode, we talk with…
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Why should you take part in the NICE process review?
This month we discuss why everyone with an interest in what NICE does should take part in the process review consultation. We're joined by Jennifer Prescott…
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How does NICE work with patients and patient groups?
Each NICE committee contains at least two patient or patient group representatives. In this episode we find out how NICE's Public Involvement Programme works…
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Digital Health Technologies: Evaluation, adoption and the NHS
How are NICE and the government working to ensure digital health technologies reach NHS patients? We speak with Lord James Bethell of Romford, the Department…