NICE guidance on health technologies includes the use of new and existing medicines, treatments and procedures in the NHS; this includes medicines and use of medical devices and diagnostics. Putting NICE guidance into practice can be challenging, and this is why NICE provides support.

This process manual describes the role of the Health Technologies Adoption Programme (HTAP) in supporting the adoption of NICE-recommended health technologies.

This process manual is written to:

• help members of HTAP perform their role and work effectively with other NICE teams
• help other NICE teams and external stakeholders understand the role of HTAP in supporting the adoption of health technologies recommended by NICE.

It does this by:

• defining how HTAP works alongside NICE programmes that produce guidance describing the processes involved in developing adoption support resources
• highlighting where liaison with external stakeholders and other NICE teams is important.

HTAP works closely with other NICE programmes, so this process manual should be read in conjunction with other NICE process manuals including the medical technologies evaluation programme process guide, diagnostics assessment programme manual and the assessing cost impact: methods guide.