Update information
July 2024: This quality standard was updated, and the placeholder statement (statement 4) prioritised in 2016 was updated after the publication of guidance to support it. Quality statements 1 and 2 were swapped over and quality statement 1 was updated to ensure measurability and provide further detail in the definitions on training people with anaphylaxis on when and how to use an adrenalin auto-injector.
Statements are marked as:
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[2016] if the statement remains unchanged
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[2016, updated 2024] if the statement covers an area for quality improvement included in the 2016 quality standard and has been updated.
The previous version of the quality standard for anaphylaxis is available as a pdf.
Minor changes since publication
May 2026: Changes have been made to align this quality standard with the update to NICE's guideline on anaphylaxis: assessment and referral after emergency treatment. Source guidance references, definitions and links have been updated throughout. The terms anaphylactic reaction and anaphylactic episode have been changed to anaphylaxis in line with updates to the wording used in the guideline.