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Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children

The management of bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children and young people younger than 16 years in primary and secondary care

Status:	History
Publication date:	June 2010
Wave:	11
Process:	CG
Notes: Pre-publication check: 29 March - 21 April 2010
Topic area: Central nervous system Infectious diseases

Project team | Schedule | Project history | Key documents

 

NICE project team

Centre for clinical practice lead:	Phil Alderson
Communications manager:	Phil Ranson
Guidelines commissioning manager:	Susan Latchem
Guidelines coordinator:	Elaine Clydesdale
Patient involvement lead:	Barbara Meredith
Implementation lead:	Mandy Harling
Lead collaborating centre:	National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health
Guidelines Development Group:	The Guideline Development Group (GDG) oversees the development process.

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Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email nice@nice.org.uk

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Provisional schedule

Scoping workshop:	23 October 2007
Consultation on draft scope with stakeholders:	16 October - 12 November 2007
Consultation on draft guideline with stakeholders:	22 October - 17 December 2009
Schedule comments:	The first Guideline Development Group meeting will be in February 2008
Pre-publication check:	01 April 2010
Publication date:	June 2010

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Project history

Date Update 20 July 2005 The remit was received from the Department of Health and the Welsh Assembly Government in April 2005 as part of the Institute's 11thwave work programme. 1 February 2008 Development of the clinical guideline is under way and is being led by the National Collaborating Centre. The Guideline Development Group meets regularly to oversee and assist the identification, review and synthesis of the evidence, the incorporation of expert consensus opinion and the translation of the evidence into recommendations for practice and audit criteria. Two versions of the guideline are under preparation: a full guideline and a NICE short-form guideline.  Please see timescales above for dates of consultation with stakeholders 17 December 2009 Consultation on the draft of the guideline is complete and the guideline is being modified in the light of comments received.

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Key documents

Meningococcal disease and meningitis in children and young people: remit 21 October 2002 Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children: stakeholder lists and how to register 23 July 2009 Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children: scoping workshop, consultation and final scope 23 July 2009 Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children: guideline development and consultation 15 March 2010 Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children: pre-publication check 23 June 2010 The guideline development process - an overview for stakeholders, the public and the NHS 25 April 2007 National Collaborating Centre for Women and Children's Health 02 June 2003

This page was last updated: 23 June 2010