Introducing the updated guidance, Dr Paul Chrisp, director of NICE’s centre for guidelines, said: "Based on evidence, our committee agreed that ear drops containing an anaesthetic and an analgesic may reduce antibiotic consumption and relieve pain in children who did not need immediate antibiotics....
Since the publication of its first guidelines the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has come under a lot of criticism, particularly with respect to its recommendations in medicine (Bratby, 2001). The first appraisal in the field of surgery was on total hip replacement (THR) and...