Guidance
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Published guidance on this topic (5)
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- In development guidance (1)
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Published advice on this topic (1)
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Quality standards
Set out priority areas for quality improvement in health and social care.
Published quality standards on this topic (4)
- New quality standards in the last 6 months (2)
- Updated quality standards in the last 6 months (0)
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NICE Pathways
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Guidance by programme
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NICE guidelines (6)
Review the evidence across broad health and social care topics.
Advice by programme
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Key therapeutic topics (1)
Evidence summaries to support medicines optimisation.
Products being developed or updated
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In development (1)
Guidance, quality standards and advice being developed.
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Proposed (2)
Technology appraisal guidance which has been proposed for development.
NICE Pathways
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Behaviour change
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Dementia, disability and frailty in later life: mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
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Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges
NICE guidelines
Review the evidence across broad health and social care topics.
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Antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population (NG63)
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Behaviour change: general approaches (PH6)
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Behaviour change: individual approaches (PH49)
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Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset (NG16)
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Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery (NG93)
Quality standards
Set out priority areas for quality improvement in health and social care.
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Children’s attachment (QS133)
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Community engagement: improving health and wellbeing (QS148)
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Promoting health and preventing premature mortality in black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups (QS167)
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Violent and aggressive behaviours in people with mental health problems (QS154)
Key therapeutic topics
Evidence summaries to support medicines optimisation.
In development
Proposed
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Gambling
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Programme management: effective ways to run public health programmes to generate a change in behaviour
New guidance and advice
Guidance and advice added since May 2018
Blog on this topic
Washing the germs away
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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 11 shared learning examples for this topic:
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Behaviour Change: Enabling Allied Health Professionals to have Healthy Conversations
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A language specific and culturally adapted pain management programme
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Utilising the skills of the clinical pharmacist within the MDT for improved medicines optimisation