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What is NICE?
NICE stands for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. It's an independent body that provides guidance on which treatments and technologies, like the new brain tumour test, should be used in the NHS. They assess if something is effective and good value for money, helping the NHS decide what care to offer patients across England.
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