Quality standard
Update information
Update information
July 2019: This quality standard was updated. Four new statements were added to the 2015 version, one statement from 2015 was updated and one was amended.
Statements are marked as:
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[new 2019] if the statement covers a new area for quality improvement
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[2015, updated 2019] if the statement covers an area for quality improvement included in the 2015 quality standard and has been updated
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[2015, amended 2019] if the statement has been amended
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[2015] if the statement remains unchanged.
Statement 2 (statement 1 in the 2015 version) has been amended to align with a statement on annual health checks in NICE's quality standard on learning disability: care and support of people growing older. It is marked as [2015, amended 2019].
Statement 4 (statement 3 in the 2015 version) has been updated and is marked as [2015, updated 2019].
A definition of behaviour that challenges has been added to the 2015 statements, in line with NICE's guideline on learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery.
The 2015 quality standard for learning disabilities: challenging behaviour is available as a pdf.
Minor changes since publication
June 2020: The source guidance for statement 6 was updated to include recommendation 1.6.1 from NICE's guideline on challenging behaviour and learning disabilities.