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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
New guidance and advice
Guidance and advice added since January 2018
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Behaviour change: technology-based interventions
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Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery (NG93)
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Promoting health and preventing premature mortality in black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups (QS167)
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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
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Blackburn with Darwen Integrated Wellbeing Service