NICE quality standards definition

NICE quality standards means a concise set of prioritised statements designed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence [NICE] to drive measurable quality improvements within a particular Nominated Representative: means a person nominated by the Service User to support the decision making process.

Examples of NICE quality standards in a sentence

  • The service will comply with the relevant NICE quality standards which defines clinical best practice.

  • HIW and NICE will work together to ensure, where appropriate, NICE guidelines and NICE quality standards and HIW's inspection methodology align, to ensure standards of care that are aspirational and achievable.

  • Imaging, using CT and MRI, is performed in most local hospitals, but decisions on surgery and interventional radiology will be taken by the specialist liver centre multidisciplinary teams in line with NICE guidance on colorectal cancer (CG131, 2011) and NICE quality standards for colorectal cancer (2012).