 However, in September 2013, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK opened a consultation on its draft decision not to give NICE accreditation to the processes to produce BNF publications following a review by an independent advisory committee.It was first published in 1949 as the National Formulary, with updated versions appearing every three years until 1976.The fifth version in 1957 saw its name change to "The British National Formulary".