Guidance
We use the best available evidence to develop recommendations that guide decisions in health, public health and social care.
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Quality standards
Set out priority areas for quality improvement in health and social care.
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Guidance by programme
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NICE guidelines (16)
Review the evidence across broad health and social care topics.
Advice by programme
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Medtech innovation briefings (1)
Review the evidence and likely costs of medical devices and technologies.
Products being developed or updated
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In consultation (1)
Guidance and quality standards open for consultation.
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In development (5)
Guidance, quality standards and advice being developed.
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Proposed (1)
Technology appraisal guidance which has been proposed for development.
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Blog on this topic
The perinatal mental health (PMH) matrix: Improving the quality of care for women
Shared Learning Award 2019 finalist
Putting guidance into practice
Shared learning
Examples of how our guidance and standards have been put into practice in the NHS, local authorities, voluntary sector and a range of other organisations.
Showing 3 of 16 shared learning examples for this topic:
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Development of Black and minority ethnic (BME) patient-centred dietary resources to improve hyperkalaemia in chronic kidney disease patients
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Using NICE Quality Standards for antenatal and postnatal mental health to improve the quality of NHS services working with women during the perinatal period
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A language specific and culturally adapted pain management programme
Podcasts
How can we help people who are lonely?
In this podcast we chat to:
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Neil McCarthy from not-for-profit organisation Octavia and Gill Roberts about schemes that help people who are lonely.
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Val about her personal experiences living in an Octavia extra care scheme.
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Kate Terroni, Oxfordshire Council’s Adult Social Care Director about how Amazon Echos can reduce social isolation.
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Alive Activities about older people in care.