NICE updates managing COVID guideline with new monoclonal antibody recommendations
NICE has updated its managing COVID-19 guideline to include new recommendations on using monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 patients in hospital.
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- Flu vaccination: increasing uptake
- Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities
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- URO17 for detecting bladder cancer.
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- Preventing, detecting and managing diabetes
- Adult common mental health problems
- Respiratory conditions: reducing pressure on emergency hospital services.
Supporting information
We've brought together guidance, resources and other information that may help you.
Clinical knowledge summaries
We've updated our summaries of current evidence for primary care professionals with some information about COVID-19. This is largely based on guidance from Public Health England.
RAPID C-19 initiative
We're part of the research to access pathway for investigational drugs for COVID-19 (RAPID-C19), a collaboration that aims to get treatments to patients quickly and safely.
NHSE&I specialty guides
These guides are aimed at specialists working in hospitals in England during the pandemic. They aim to help departments continue essential care for patients while supporting the wider hospital and community to provide care for people with COVID-19.
Using wider sources of data and evidence in our work
A guide for internal developers and external collaborators on assessing the quality of wider sources of data and evidence in our guidance.
Evidence standards framework for tests (PDF)
A 3-stage approach to help anyone working on testing for COVID-19 to collect the best possible data and evidence while tests are being quickly developed and validated.
Support for developers of medicinal products
A guide to evidence collection for medicines, plus free scientific advice for researchers developing novel diagnostics or therapeutics for COVID-19.
News on this topic
NICE updates recommendations for two COVID-19 therapeutics
NICE has updated its advice on two therapeutics for managing COVID-19 – remdesivir and colchicine.
NICE publishes single guideline for managing COVID-19
One year on from the first national lockdown, NICE has today (23 March) published a single guideline for the management of COVID-19 in children and adults.
Putting guidance into practice
Shared learning
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Showing 3 of 5 shared learning examples for this topic:
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Managing COVID symptoms (including at the end of life) in a prison setting
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Project CARE: Supporting people with a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 and reaching out to those in vulnerable groups
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Supporting and developing community end of life care during the COVID-19 pandemic: an example of collaborative working