NICE Committee - Violence & aggression: prevention and management lay member
The following is from The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
Help us get brilliant lived experience on our committees
We are currently looking for the following people to join a NICE committee to update our guideline on violent and aggressive behaviours in people with mental health problems:
- people with lived experience of violent and/or aggressive behaviour as a result of a mental health condition (including young people over the age of 16)
- their families or loved ones (including parents of children who may have experienced these behaviours)
- and their advocates (usually people working for them in the voluntary and community sector)
The appointed lay member will need to be able to contribute effectively in a formal committee setting. Our lay members are paid a fee to attend meetings in recognition of their valuable expertise and knowledge (£300 for a full day meeting, £150 for a half day meeting), and we also cover travel and other expenses.
We really value the contribution that people who use health and social care services, their carers and advocates make to our guidelines.
Our recruitment advert has the details of what working with the committee involves, the kind of experience and knowledge we are looking for, and how to apply. Recruitment is open until 23:59 on Monday 3 March 2025.
We would welcome applications from those who have recent experience or knowledge of this topic, to join our committee. Their participation will be vital in ensuring that we hear the views, experiences and needs of those who are most directly impacted by NICE’s work.
Stakeholder registration and consultation on the guideline’s scope
Also open until 5pm on Monday 3 March 2025 is the opportunity for registered stakeholder organisations and members of the public to comment on the draft scope for this guideline. The scope is a blueprint for the guideline, setting out what it will and will not cover.
To see the draft scope and register as a stakeholder for this particular guideline, please look at this webpage. There is also an associated Equality and health inequalities assessment you may be interested in too.
As a guide, we ask people to think about whether the scope:
· Covers issues important for people affected by the guideline?
· Includes medicines, procedures and other treatments or options for care that may be important?
· Includes treatments or other interventions that are currently used, but may not be effective, acceptable or tolerable to people using services?
· Notes any equality issues or aspects of care or services that the guideline should address (for example, cultural differences that may affect the use of an intervention or approach to care)?
· Promotes equality of opportunity regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion and belief, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status?
· Unfairly excludes any groups (for example, by age or general health)?
· Uses wording that is respectful of people using services, as well as their families and loved ones?
If you think that you and any mental health services users you work with would be interested in submitting their comments on the draft scope, or perhaps the draft guideline instead when it is available for consultation in around 18 months' time, please do let me know - I would be happy to chat with you about this if you feel like this would be helpful.
Registering as a stakeholder does not commit you to attending any meetings or other activity, but it is the only way in which you will be able to make us aware of your views on our draft documents and receive a response. NICE responds to all comments from registered stakeholders, with comments and responses posted on our website when the final version of the document is published.
See this webpage for more details about this guideline project, including key dates and relevant documents.
