Consultation

“The experiences, thoughts and opinions gathered from focus groups of children and young people were used to supplement the evidence from the systematic reviews. This work was commissioned to ensure the NICE guideline on Babies, children and young people’s experience of healthcare had input from children from the age of 4 upwards. The evidence from these focus groups was mapped to individual review questions and shared with the committee as part of the evidence for each review question, which enabled the committee to make evidence-based recommendations.“

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Authors: Jane Cowl, Melissa J Armstrong, Corinna Schaefer, Jessica Fielding
Corresponding author: Jane.Cowl@nice.org.uk

Aims of this chapter

This chapter describes ways to conduct public and targeted consultation during the development of guidelines. It aims to raise awareness of key issues to take into account when developing a consultation strategy and related processes, including best practice principles and different methods to consider.

The chapter draws on examples from guideline bodies in several countries, which serve as models. These models are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not meant to be prescriptive because local circumstances, and the level of support and resources available will influence the type of approach adopted.

Chapter topics:

Terminology > Reasons for consultation > Ways of conducting consultation > Different approaches to consultation > Case studies of consultation > Responding to consultation comments > Acknowledgements > References >
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