Important notice:
From 15th May 2012, the team delivering the work of the NPC will form the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Centre and will sit alongside the Clinical Guidelines team within the Centre for Clinical Practice.
As part of NICE, all future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing home page.
NPC Constitution Handbook
Supporting rational local decision-making about medicines (and treatments)
A handbook of good practice guidance
The Guiding Principles are supported by the publication of the NPC's Handbook of good practice guidance. This Handbook represents initial good practice guidance and resources to help PCTs to review current decision-making processes about the funding of medicines with cooperation from Provider Trusts and other stakeholders.
Please note: There are currently no plans to distribute this document in hardcopy format.
First edition
Date of publication: February 2009
The following sections, all contained within the Handbook can be downloaded separately as listed below:
Additional support resources available:
