NICE advises against drug treatments for chronic pain

NICE advises against drug treatments for chronic pain

New draft guidance from NICE, says that a number of commonly used drug treatments for chronic primary pain have little or no evidence that they work and shouldn’t be prescribed. The draft clinical guidelines published on 3 August 2020, looks at the assessment and management of chronic pain in over 16s. The guidance says that patients […]

NICE APPOINTMENT

NICE APPOINTMENT

Peter Dixon, Former BCA President and current President of the Royal College of Chiropractors, has been appointed as a Fellow of the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE is an independent, Government-sponsored organisation that aims to improve outcomes for users of NHS and public health and social care services by producing […]