NICE guidance has sometimes suffered from poor accessibility and usability, and as a result, it has not always been implemented at the coalface as well as it could have been.
NICE have responded to this criticism by creating a set of interactive online pathways that bring together all of their content around a specific topic. They’ve launched their pathways website with 17 topics, many of which are relevant to mental health:
It’ll be interesting to see if these pathways are picked up and used by busy health and social care professionals, and if they are, whether this new format improves dissemination and implementation of NICE standards and guidance.
