Med Tech-related technology assessments and clinical guidelines from NICE in June 2024

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops Interventional Procedures Guidance (IPG) for most novel interventional procedures entering the English market. The program focuses solely on clinical evidence. Recommendations may vary from "for research only" to "for use with standard arrangements for clinical governance, consent, and audit." Recommendations are not binding, although they are followed by providers and commissioners.

In June 2024, NICE published one IPG for minimally invasive percutaneous surgical techniques with internal fixation for correcting hallux valgus.

• NICE concluded that evidence from a mixture of studies on a wide variety of techniques suggests that minimally invasive techniques work as well as standard open surgical techniques. Evidence also suggests that patient-reported outcomes, such as pain and recovery time, are the same as for open surgical techniques. There is no robust evidence that one type of minimally invasive technique works better than another. There are no major safety concerns;
• Based on these considerations, NICE recommended the procedure be used with standard arrangements for clinical governance, consent, and audit.

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