From 15 May 2012, the team delivering the work of the NPC, now celebrating its first anniversary as part of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), will become known as the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Centre and will sit alongside the Clinical Guidelines team within the Centre for Clinical Practice.
The principal aim of the Medicines and Prescribing Centre will continue to be the provision of support for those using medicines across the NHS; including information on medicines, prescribing advice, training and education, governance and decision-making.
All future medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing homepage, although the NPC’s extensive resource of existing publications and resources will remain available from the NPC legacy website for as long as the information contained within them remains accurate and up-to-date.
