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Completed and ongoing appraisals topics are listed below. Topics that were not accepted onto the appraisal work programme are also listed with the Topic Exploration Report (these do not include Evidence Appraisal Reports or guidance). Learn more about our appraisal process here.

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April 2026

Continuous wireless monitoring in enhanced community care at home

Continuous wireless monitoring of vital signs for enhanced community care at home
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March 2026

Waterjet ablation therapy

Robotic waterjet ablation therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia.
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March 2026

Multiplex polymerase chain reaction tests on synovial fluid

Multiplex polymerase chain reaction tests on synovial fluid for diagnosing joint infections
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March 2026

PrecivityAD2 blood test

PrecivityAD2 blood test for the assessment of Alzheimer’s Disease
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March 2026

Biodegradable rectal spacers

Biodegradable rectal spacers for use during radiotherapy for prostate cancer
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October 2025

Epileptic seizure alarms

Wearable technologies and bed/mattress alarms for the detection of epileptic seizures
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October 2025

Haemodialysis at home

Portable home dialysis systems
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August 2025

Salvage high dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT)

Salvage high dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) for localised relapse of prostate cancer after prior curative intent radiotherapy.
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July 2025

Cone-beam breast computed tomography

Cone-beam computed tomography for breast imaging.
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June 2025

Online adaptive radiotherapy

Online adaptive radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer
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April 2025

Leadless cardiac pacemakers

Leadless cardiac pacemakers for bradyarrhythmia
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April 2025

AI assisted review of chest x-ray and CT scans

AI assisted review of chest x-ray and CT scans in the diagnosis of lung cancer
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March 2025

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging compared with biparametric magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of prostate cancer
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March 2024

Orthotic bracing for scoliosis

Orthotic bracing for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis in children and young people
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January 2024

Optical coherence tomography angiography for detection and diagnosis of vascular diseases of the eye

Optical coherence tomography angiography for detection and diagnosis of vascular diseases of the eye
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September 2023

Digital cognitive assessment tools

Digital cognitive assessment tools to detect early-stage impairment caused by neurodegenerative disorders
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