Quality standard
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing bladder cancer in adults (aged 18 and over) referred from primary care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
The quality standard does not cover recognising and referring for suspected cancer in primary care, which is covered by NICE’s quality standard on suspected cancer.
We’ve produced a guideline on the delivery of systemic anticancer treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is relevant to statement 6 in this quality standard and may help to support using the quality standard.
How to use NICE quality standards and how we develop them
Quality standards help you improve the quality of care you provide or commission. They apply in England and Wales (see the UK government website and Welsh government website). Decisions on how they apply in Scotland and Northern Ireland are made by ministers in the Scottish government and Northern Ireland Executive.
Find out how to use quality standards and how we develop them. We check our quality standards every August to make sure they are up to date.