National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence  (NICE) is part of the Department of Health and Social Care. It was set up in 1999 under Tony Blair. It was first called National Institute for Clinical Excellence. It studies the costs and effect of medical treatment.  The NHS in England and Wales has to give patients the treatments it recommends. Companies sometimes lower their prices to get their treatments accepted.  It  tests ways of treating different diseases.