NICE guidance
We use the best available evidence to develop recommendations that guide decisions in health, public health and social care. Find out more about guidance.
Guidance by programme
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NICE guidelines
Review the evidence across broad health and social care topics.
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Interventional procedures guidance
Assessments of whether procedures are safe enough and work well enough for wider use in the NHS.
Guidance being developed or updated
Quality standards
Quality standards set out the priority areas for quality improvement in health and social care. Find out more about quality standards.
NICE Pathways
Interactive topic-based flowcharts that allow you to navigate our recommendations on any subject. Find out more about NICE Pathways.
NICE Pathways
Interactive topic-based flowcharts that allow you to navigate our recommendations on any subject. Find out more about NICE Pathways.
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Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm
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Diet
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Donor breast milk banks
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Maternal and child nutrition
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Neonatal jaundice
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Obesity: working with local communities
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Physical activity
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Postnatal care
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Safe midwifery staffing for maternity settings
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Smoking
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Smoking cessation in secondary care
NICE guidelines
Review the evidence across broad health and social care topics.
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Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance (CG192)
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Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm (NG72)
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Donor milk banks: service operation (CG93)
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Jaundice in newborn babies under 28 days (CG98)
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Maternal and child nutrition (PH11)
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Postnatal care up to 8 weeks after birth (CG37)
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Safe midwifery staffing for maternity settings (NG4)
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Smoking: acute, maternity and mental health services (PH48)
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Smoking: stopping in pregnancy and after childbirth (PH26)
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Weight management before, during and after pregnancy (PH27)
Quality standards
Set out priority areas for quality improvement in health and social care.
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Antenatal and postnatal mental health (QS115)
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Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm (QS169)
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Hypertension in pregnancy (QS35)
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Jaundice in newborn babies under 28 days (QS57)
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Neonatal specialist care (QS4)
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Postnatal care (QS37)
Interventional procedures guidance
Assessments of whether procedures are safe enough and work well enough for wider use in the NHS.
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Division of ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) for breastfeeding (IPG149)
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Thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates (IPG379)
In development
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Maternal Health
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Postnatal care up to 8 weeks after birth (update)
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Specialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born preterm
New guidance and advice
Guidance and advice added since January 2018
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Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm (QS169)
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Maternal Health
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Postnatal care up to 8 weeks after birth (update)
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Specialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born preterm
Updated guidance and advice
Guidance and advice updated since January 2018
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 19 shared learning examples for this topic:
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No ifs, No butts; Clatterbridge’s Journey to a smoke free trust (using NICE guidance as a road map and a partnership approach as the vehicle)
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Innovative ways to support smokers requiring nicotine management in a mental health organisation
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Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy