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• NICE Citizens Council to discuss factors for NICE to take into account when developing social care guidance

  The question of which aspects of benefit, cost and need NICE should take into account when developing social care guidance will be discussed at the next Citizens Council meeting, taking place in Manchester on 24 and 25 January.  

• NICE issues draft guideline for consultation on the diagnosis and management of hepatitis B

  NICE is currently developing a new clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of chronic hepatitis B in children, young people and adults. Draft recommendations have now been published on the NICE website for public consultation.

• NICE guidance supports new blood pressure device that can detect atrial fibrillation

  New NICE medical technologies guidance published today (16 January), supports the use of a device that can detect atrial fibrillation whilst blood pressure is being measured. Using WatchBP Home A in the NHS for opportunistically detecting asymptomatic atrial fibrillation during the measurement of blood pressure by primary care professionals, is backed by the NICE guidance. The recommendations note that using WatchBP Home A could increase the detection rate of atrial fibrillation, which would allow preventative treatment to be given to reduce the incidence of atrial fibrillation-related stroke.

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