Accreditation decisions
Please note:
1. Accreditation applies to the processes used to develop guidance and advice, but does not apply to the content.
2. In line with changes to the Accreditation Process Manual, from November 2011 public consultation is only applicable to negative accreditation decisions.
View a list of all guidance produced to an accredited process.
| Guidance producer and product | Guidance type |
Status in the accreditation process | Accreditation decision | Consultation comments published | Accreditation Term | |||
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| Application accepted | Submission being prepared | Draft decision for consultation | From | To | ||||
| SIGN | Clinical guidelines | 26.03.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | 2008 | Sept 2014 |
| NICE Centre for Clinical practice | Clinical guidelines | 06.04.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | Apr 2007 | Sept 2014 |
| NICE Centre for Health Technology Evaluation - multiple technology appraisals | Technology appraisals | 15.04.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | Jun 2008 | Sept 2014 |
| NICE Centre for Health Technology Evaluation - single technology appraisals | Technology appraisals | 15.04.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | Jun 2008 | Sept 2014 |
| NICE Interventional Procedures Programme | Interventional procedures | 23.06.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | Jan 2009 | Jan 2015 |
| NICE Centre for Public Health Excellence | Public health guidance | 24.06.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | Apr 2009 | Jan 2015 |
| Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - green top guidelines | Clinical guidelines | 28.07.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | No comments received | Jan 2007 | Jan 2015 |
| MHRA - drug safety updates | Policy guidance | 17.07.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | No comments received | Jul 2009 | Jan 2015 |
| SCHIN - clinical knowledge summaries, now Clarity Informatics - Prodigy | Clinical summaries | 29.07.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | Jun 2009 | May 2015 |
| British Thoracic Society | Clinical guidelines | 15.07.09 | Complete | Complete | Not Accredited -final decision | No comments received | n/a | n/a |
| British Thoracic Society - reapplication | Clinical guidelines | 27.07.11 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Jul 2010 | Dec 2016 |
| Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health - science and research reports | Clinical guidelines | 13.07.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | No comments received | May 2007 | May 2015 |
| British Association of Dermatologists | Clinical guidelines | 24.08.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | No comments received | Sept 2008 | May 2015 |
| MHRA - public assessment reports | Policy guidance | 17.07.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | Complete | Oct 2007 | Sept 2015 |
| MHRA - device safety bulletins | Policy guidance | 17.07.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | Complete | Sept 2007 | Sept 2015 |
| British Transplantation Society | Clinical guidelines | 18.08.09 | Complete | Complete | Not Accredited -final decision | No comments received | n/a | n/a |
| British Transplantation Society - reapplication | Clinical guidelines | 19.10.11 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Jan 2011 | Jan 2017 |
| Map of Medicine | Clinical guidelines | 08.10.09 | Complete | Withdrawn | |
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n/a | n/a |
| Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing- evaluation reports | Policy guidance | 04.09.09 | Withdrawn | |
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n/a | n/a |
| Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing - economic reports | Policy guidance | 10.09.09 | Withdrawn | |
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n/a | n/a |
| Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing - evidence reviews | Policy guidance | 14.09.09 | Withdrawn | |
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n/a | n/a |
| EMIS - clinical immediate reference articles | Clinical summaries | 12.01.10 | Complete | Complete | Not accredited -final decision | Complete | n/a | n/a |
| The Royal College of Radiologists - referral guidelines | Clinical guidelines | 17.11.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | Complete | 2007 | Jun 2015 |
| National Patient Safety Agency - rapid response reports | Policy guidance | 09.10.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | No comments received | Apr 2010 | Aug 2015 |
| Royal College of Physicians - stroke guideline | Clinical guideline | 01.12.09 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | Complete | 2008 | Jun 2015 |
| MHRA - pharmacovigilance public assessment reports | Policy guidance | 01.03.10 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | Complete | Sept 2009 | Sept 2015 |
| Royal College of Midwives - midwifery practice guidelines | Clinical guidelines | 24.01.10 | Complete | Complete | Not accredited -final decision | No comments received | n/a | n/a |
| Royal College of Midwives - re-application | Clinical guidelines | 19.03.13 | In progress | |
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| Renal Association - clinical practice guidelines | Clinical guidelines | 09.03.10 | Complete | Complete | Accredited-finaldecision | Complete | Jan 2009 | Nov 2015 |
| British Association for Sexual Health and HIV | Clinical guidelines | 09.04.10 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | Complete | Sept 2010 | Jan 2016 |
| British Dietetic Association | Clinical guidelines | 13.07.10 | Complete | Complete | Not accredited -final decision | Complete | n/a | n/a |
| British Fertility Society | Clinical guidelines | 07.06.10 | Complete | Complete | Not accredited -final decision | No comments received | n/a | n/a |
| Health Protection Agency - UK standards for microbiological investigations | Policy guidance | 07.12.10 | Complete | Complete | Accredited -final decision | No comments received | Oct 2009 | Jul 2016 |
| Bedside Clinical Guidelines Partnership - adult medicine guidelines | Clinical summaries | 08.12.10 | Withdrawn | |
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n/a | n/a |
| Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre - diagnosis of brain tumours in children and young adults | Clinical guidelines | 04.01.11 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | 2008 | Jul 2016 |
| Duodecim (International) - evidence based medicine guidelines, evidence summaries and evidence based medicine electronic decision support (ebmeds) rules | Clinical guidelines/ summaries | 24.12.10 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | No comments received | Sept 2008 | Sept 2016 |
| Social Care Institute for Excellence - Guides | Social care guidelines | 18.01.11 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | Apr 2009 | Jul 2016 |
| Joanna Briggs Institute (international) - best practice information sheets | Clinical summaries | 01.03.11 | Complete | Complete | Not accredited - final decision | Complete | n/a | n/a |
| Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare | Clinical guidelines | 09.03.11 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | No comments received | May 2011 | Oct 2016 |
| Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Working Group - diagnosis and management of duchenne muscular dystrophy | Clinical guideline | 16.03.11 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | 2009 | Sept 2016 |
| First Data Bank - drug knowledge base | Clinical Decision Support | 25.03.11 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Nov 2011 | Nov 2016 |
| All Wales Medicines Strategy Group | Final appraisal recomm endations | 12.04.11 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | Complete | Jan 2011 | Oct 2016 |
| Royal College of Pathologists - cancer data sets and tissue pathways | Clinical guidelines | 12.04.11 | Complete | Complete | Not accredited - final decision | Complete | n/a | n/a |
| Royal College of Pathologists - cancer datasets (re-application) | Clinical guidelines | 10.04.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Jan 2011 | July 2017 |
| Royal College of Pathologists - tissue pathways (re-application) | Clinical guidelines | 10.04.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Jan 2011 | July 2017 |
| The East of England Evidence Adoption Centre - rapid reviews | Rapid reviews | 20.04.11 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Apr 2010 | Nov 2016 |
| NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme - screening for Down's syndrome | Best practice information | 30.05.11 | Complete | Complete | Accredited - final decision | No comments received | Nov 2011 | Nov 2016 |
| NICE - medical technologies evaluation programme | Technology appraisals | 05.08.11 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Mar 2011 | Nov 2016 |
| NICE Commissioning programme - Guides for Commissioners | Commissioning guidance | 12.08.11 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Nov 2008 | Nov 2016 |
| SIGN/British Thoracic Society - British guideline on the management of asthma | Clinical guideline | 09.11.11 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | May 2011 | Jan 2017 |
| Government of Western Australia Department of Health (international) - diagnostic imaging pathways | Referral guidelines | 20.01.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Dec 2011 | May 2017 |
| British HIV Association | Clinical guidelines | 25.01.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Sept 2011 | July 2017 |
| Resuscitation Council | Clinical guidelines | 22.03.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Oct 2010 | July 2017 |
| NICE Diagnostics Assessment Programme - diagnostic technologies guidance | Technology appraisals | 15.05.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Oct 2011 | Sept 2017 |
| The BArrett's Dysplasia and CAncer Taskforce | Consensus statements | 17.10.11 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | 2010 | Sept 2017 |
| The British Society for Rheumatology | Clinical guidelines | 10.09.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision |
n/a | Jul 2012 | Mar 2018 |
| Healthcare Improvement Scotland | Evidence notes | 17.09.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Sept 2010 | Jan 2018 |
| Plain Healthcare Ltd - content database | Clinical decision support | 02.04.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Jan 2013 | Jan 2018 |
| NHS Direct - call streaming prioritisation tool and teleguides | Clinical decision support | 20.08.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Jan 2013 | Jan 2018 |
| College of Occupational Therapists | Practice guidelines | 02.10.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Jan 2013 | Jan 2018 |
| British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology | Clinical guidelines | 8.10.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Jan 2010 | Jan 2018 |
| GAIN | Clinical guidelines | 23.11.12 | In progress | Public consultation closes 14 April 2013 | Not Accredited - decision subject to public consultation | |
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| Royal College of Physicians | Concise clinical guidelines (1) | 27.11.12 | Complete | n/a |
Accredited - final decision | n/a | Feb 2010 | Mar 2018 |
| Royal College of Surgeons of England: Surgical Speciality Associations | Clinical commissioning guides | 13.12.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Sep 2012 | Mar 2018 |
| British National Formulary | Medicines Information | 19.12.12 | In progress | |
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| Truven Health Analytics | Content database | 08.10.12 | Complete | n/a | Accredited - final decision | n/a | Mar 2013 | Mar 2018 |
| British Society of Gastroenterology | Best practice clinical guidelines | 19.03.13 | In progress | |
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| Royal College of Physicians concise guideline series (cgs): de novo clinical guidelines | Clinical guidelines | 25.03.13 | In progress | |
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| National Collaborating Centre for Cancer | Clinical guidelines | Accredited for process used to produce full guidelines commissioned by NICE Centre for Clinical Practice | Accredited - final decision | |
Apr 2007 | Sept 2014 | ||
| National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health | Clinical guidelines | Accredited for process used to produce full guidelines commissioned by NICE Centre for Clinical Practice | Accredited - final decision | |
Apr 2007 | Sept 2014 | ||
| National Collaborating Centre for Women & Children's Health | Clinical guidelines | Accredited for process used to produce full guidelines commissioned by NICE Centre for Clinical Practice | Accredited - final decision | |
Apr 2007 | Sept 2014 | ||
| National Collaborating Centre for Acute & Chronic Conditions | Clinical guidelines | Accredited for process used to produce full guidelines commissioned by NICE Centre for Clinical Practice | Accredited - final decision | |
Apr 2007 | Sept 2014 | ||
This page was last updated: 18 April 2013