Quality standard
Development sources
Development sources
Further explanation of the methodology used can be found in the quality standards Process guide on the NICE website.
Evidence sources
The documents below contain recommendations from NICE guidance or other NICE‑accredited recommendations that were used by the Quality Standards Advisory Committee to develop the quality standard statements and measures.
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Fertility. NICE clinical guideline 156 (2013).
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Long term follow up of survivors of childhood cancer. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network clinical guideline 132 (2013).
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Children and young people with cancer: improving outcomes in children and young people with cancer. NICE cancer service guidance (2005).
Policy context
It is important that the quality standard is considered alongside current policy documents, including:
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Teenage Cancer Trust (2012) Young voices: transforming the lives of young people with cancer.
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Department of Health (2011) Commissioning cancer services.
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Department of Health (2011) Improving outcomes: a strategy for cancer.
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Department of Health (2011) Manual for cancer services: teenagers and young adults measures.
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Royal College of Nursing (2011) Health care service standards in caring for neonates, children and young people.
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The British Pain Society (2010) Cancer pain management.
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National Audit Office (2010) Delivering the cancer reform strategy.
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Department of Health (2007) Cancer reform strategy.
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Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer (2012) Blueprint of care for teenagers and young adults with cancer.
Definitions and data sources for the quality measures
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National Cancer Peer Review Programme (2013) Manual for cancer services: children's cancer measures.