title: Bursting out all over.
abstract: Last week the National Institute for Clinical Excellence merged with the Health Development Agency, boosting the profile of an organisation that chief executive Andrew Dillon claims 'all three parties are keen to maintain' and which 26 per cent of the population has heard of. But is the newly expanded NICE ready--and able--to deliver on its public health remit?
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dillon
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000191:economics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom