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.
Guidance
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Published advice on this topic (10)
- New advice in the last 6 months (1)
- Updated advice in the last 6 months (0)
- In development advice (0)
Guidance by programme
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NICE guidelines (18)
Review the evidence across broad health and social care topics.
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Technology appraisal guidance (1)
Reviews the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new treatments.
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Diagnostics guidance (1)
Review new diagnostic technologies for adoption in the NHS.
Advice by programme
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Evidence summaries (4)
Review the best available evidence for selected medicines.
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Medtech innovation briefings (6)
Review the evidence and likely costs of medical devices and technologies.
Products being developed or updated
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In development (1)
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Proposed (1)
Technology appraisal guidance which has been proposed for development.
Resources to help deliver services during the pandemic
We also have resources to help local partnerships tackle their priorities. For advice specific to your area, contact your local NICE field team.
Improving service delivery
- Suspected cancer: recognition and referral
- Immunisations: reducing differences in uptake in under 19s
- Flu vaccination: increasing uptake
- Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities
- Managing medicines in care homes
- Children and young people's mental health
- Improving transfer of care
- Transforming maternity services
- URO17 for detecting bladder cancer.
Managing long term conditions
- Mental health problems in people with learning disabilities: prevention, assessment and management
- Cardiovascular disease risk assessment and treatment
- Detecting and treating hypertension
- 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
We're hosting these guides while we integrate the content into our guidance. They aim to help hospital departments continue essential care for patients while supporting the wider hospital and community to 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, RCGP and SIGN publish guideline on managing the long-term effects of COVID-19
NICE, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) have today (18 December 2020) published a guideline on the management of the long-term effects of COVID-19 (also known as Long COVID).
NICE, PHE and SACN publish rapid COVID-19 guidance on vitamin D
NICE, PHE and SACN have today published rapid guidance on vitamin D for COVID-19.
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 8 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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Minimising Risks of COVID-19 across Maternity Services
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Project CARE: Supporting people with a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 and reaching out to those in vulnerable groups