title: Introducing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
abstract: England and Wales’ National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ensures quality and cost effectiveness for drugs and treatments in the NHS. Helen Jaques looks at what it does and why.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaques
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004739:England; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013222:State Medicine; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014852:Wales