Getting involved as someone working with a voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisation
Help to develop our guidance and standards, attend inductions to understand how we work and find out how to put our guidance into practice.
People and communities - putting you at the heart of our work
We're committed to involving people who use services, carers and the public in the development of our guidance and other products.
Your involvement means our products are focused around the people most directly affected by our recommendations.
How can I get involved?
There are different ways to get involved in NICE’s work and help us to improve NHS and care services for other people – either those who are like you, or those communities you represent as part of a voluntary and community sector organisation.
For more information about exactly how you can get involved in the work we do, select the option that best describes your expertise or background:
Join a committee to help develop our guidance and standards, comment on guidance that's being developed, and get support from our people and communities team.
Other opportunities
The following opportunities are open to everyone, whether you have lived experience or work with a voluntary and community sector organisation:
Our committees develop and update our guidance. Use your experiences and expertise to help shape our guidance and standards as a lay member. Lay members contribute the perspectives of people who use services, carers or specific communities to a committee's work.
We run public consultations on some scopes (or plans) for our guidance, our draft guidance and proposals on whether guidance already published by NICE should be updated. These consultations are your chance to let us know what you think.
Find out more
Further information about our people and communities programme:
Making a positive impact: people and communities network case studies
The views of people who use services, their carers and voluntary and community sector organisations make a significant impact on our guidance and advice.
Get involved in our work and help us to improve NHS and care services for other people. This section includes information about payments and expenses.
This policy sets out NICE's commitment and approaches to patient and public involvement, outlines the underlying principles of NICE's approach to involving lay people, and explains the support available to lay people and organisations involved with NICE's work.
Changing how we work alongside people and communities
We’re changing things up at NICE, to do more to capture the collective wisdom and experiences of the people and wider communities we serve.
Our new strategy for working alongside people and communities at NICE will enable us to have a best practice approach to involvement and engagement, to improve the impact of our guidance and ensure the best care for people and communities.
The strategy sets out how we will progress and further develop our approach to people and community involvement and engagement, and what everyone can expect from working together.