September 2023
Control contact lenses and spectacles
Control contact lenses and spectacles for the treatment of myopia in children
June 2023
Wearable cardioverter defibrillators
Wearable cardioverter defibrillators for people at risk of cardiac death
March 2023
Photobiomodulation
Photobiomodulation for the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis associated with cancer treatment
December 2022
Virtual reality distraction therapy
Virtual reality therapy for the management of procedure-related pain.
November 2022
Continuous topical oxygen therapy
Continuous topical oxygen therapy to treat people with chronic non-healing and complex diabetic foot ulcers
October 2022
Left atrial appendage occlusion in patients with atrial fibrillation
Left atrial appendage occlusion in patients with atrial fibrillation
July 2022
Outpatient laryngeal biopsy
Laryngeal biopsies in the outpatient setting in people with suspected head and neck dysplasia/cancer
July 2022
Closed loop systems
Closed loop systems for the management of type 1 diabetes
June 2022
Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)
Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma
May 2022
Video laryngoscopes
Video laryngoscopes for use in pre-hospital care.
May 2022
Electronic blood management systems
Electronic blood management systems for blood transfusions
May 2022
Extreme HypoFractionated Radiotherapy (EHFRT)
Extreme HypoFractionated Radiotherapy (EHFRT) for localised prostate cancer
March 2022
Convalescent Plasma Therapy for the Treatment of COVID-19
Convalescent plasma therapy for people with COVID-19
February 2022
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of depression
November 2021
Strategies for Relatives (START) intervention
Strategies for Relatives (START) intervention to improve the mental health of carers of people with dementia
November 2021
Natriuretic peptides to rule-in and rule-out a diagnosis of acute heart failure
Natriuretic peptides to rule-in and rule-out a diagnosis of acute heart failure in adults in the emergency department setting
September 2021
FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring
FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring for the management of diabetes.
July 2021
Haemodialysis antimicrobial barrier caps (ClearGuard)
Antimicrobial barrier caps for use with haemodialysis catheter hubs to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections.
May 2021
Handheld single lead electrocardiogram devices
Handheld single lead electrocardiogram devices to detect atrial fibrillation in older adults and those with intermittent episodes
May 2021
Oscillating positive expiratory pressure devices
Oscillating positive expiratory pressure devices for airway clearance in chronic hypersecretory lung conditions.
May 2021
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.
May 2021
Corneal cross-linking
Corneal crosslinking to treat adults and children with keratoconus
May 2021
Point-of-care ultrasound to diagnose gallstone disease
Point-of-care ultrasound to diagnose gallstone disease
October 2020
Rapid antigen detecting tests
Rapid antigen detecting tests for diagnosing group A streptococcal infections in the community pharmacy setting.
October 2020
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for the treatment of patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at intermediate surgical risk.
October 2020
Point of care haemolysis detection
Point of care haemolysis detection in blood samples that may be deemed unfit for laboratory analysis.
July 2020
Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for previously treated, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
July 2020
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Pre-operative cardiopulmonary exercise testing for people in whom major abdominal surgery is planned.
May 2020
Remote blood glucose monitoring
Remote monitoring of blood glucose in women with gestational diabetes.
May 2020
Tests to inform COVID-19 diagnosis
This is a report on the effectiveness of tests that detect SARS-CoV-2 virus or antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, to inform COVID-19…
March 2020
Single-operator per-oral cholangioscopy
Single-operator per-oral cholangioscopy for the management of hepatobiliary-pancreatic disorders.
December 2019
Occipital nerve stimulation
Occipital nerve stimulation for medically refractory chronic cluster headache.
December 2019
Multigrip upper limb prosthetics
Multi-grip myoelectric upper-limb prosthetics.
October 2019
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Pregnancy
Continuous glucose monitoring systems for managing diabetes in pregnant women.
October 2019
Pharmacogenetic testing
Pharmacogenetic testing to identify the risk of adverse reactions to anti-epileptic medications.
September 2019
Robot-assisted thoracic surgery
Robot-assisted thoracic surgery.
May 2019
Hand-held ultrasound devices
Hand-held ultrasound devices for cardiac assessment and diagnosis of heart failure, in the community or primary care setting.
March 2019
Synovasure® Alpha Defensin Lateral Flow Test Kit
Synovasure® Alpha Defensin Lateral Flow Test Kit for the assessment of periprosthetic joint infection.
February 2019
Faecal immunochemical test-based prediction tools
Faecal immunochemical test-based prediction tools for the assessment of people presenting to primary care with symptomatic bowel disease.
January 2019
Fluorine- or gallium- prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography radiotracers
Fluorine- or gallium- prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers in the investigation of recurrent prostate cancer.
June 2018
Point-of-care procalcitonin testing
Health Technology Wales researchers searched for evidence on the clinical and cost effectiveness of point-of-care procalcitonin testing in the assessment…
April 2018
Sacral nerve stimulation
Sacral nerve stimulation to treat faecal incontinence that cannot be controlled with conservative management
February 2018
Mechanical chest compression
Mechanical chest compression for use by the ambulance service to treat adults with out-of-hospital non-traumatic cardiac arrest.
