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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Social care quick guides

A quick, easy way to access key information from NICE on social care topics.

Understanding intermediate care, including reablement

A quick guide for people using intermediate care services.

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Discussing and planning medicines support

A quick guide for people who arrange their own home care.

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Shared decision making recommendations will ensure people are at the heart of healthcare

NICE’s new guideline on shared decision making will help transform people’s experiences of health and social care. It will instil greater collaboration between professionals, patients and their families. It will pioneer a new climate and culture of putting people firmly at the heart of our healthcare system.

NICE and NIHR: working together to produce research with impact

NICE and NIHR: working together to produce research with impact

Alice and Zoe discuss how the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and NICE work in partnership and identify key research priorities from NICE guidance.

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.

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