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Shared decision making

  • NICE guideline
  • Reference number: NG197
  • Published:  17 June 2021

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Tools and resources to help you put the guidance into practice.

Case studies

  • Shared decision making: the importance of writing clinical letters directly to the patient

Decision aids

  • NHS England decision support tools: making a decision about a health condition

Resource impact

  • Resource impact summary report

Education

  • Standards framework for shared-decision-making support tools, including patient decision aids

  • Shared decision making learning package

Audit and service improvement

  • Baseline assessment tool (Excel 81 KB)

    Published:
    17 June 2021

Research recommendations

  • Research recommendations information

Guidance into practice

  • About the Into practice guide

  • Practical steps to improving the quality of care and services using NICE guidance

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