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Head injury

  • Quality standard
  • Reference number: QS74
  • Published:  23 October 2014
  • Last updated:  18 May 2023
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  • Quality statements
  • Quality statement 1: CT head scans
  • Quality statement 2: CT head scans for people taking anticoagulants
  • Quality statement 3: CT cervical spine scans
  • Quality statement 4: Provisional radiology reports
  • Quality statement 5: Access to neuroscience units
  • Quality statement 6: Inpatient rehabilitation for people with traumatic brain injury
  • Quality statement 7: Community rehabilitation services for people (aged 16 and over) with traumatic brain injury
  • Quality statement 8 (placeholder): Post‑acute phase rehabilitation for children and young people
  • Update information
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Update information

May 2023: Changes have been made to align this quality standard with the updated NICE guideline on head injury. Statement 2 on CT head scans for people taking anticoagulants has been removed because the recommendations in this area have changed. Links, terminology, definitions, data sources and source guidance sections have also been updated throughout.

Minor changes since publication

April 2021: Source guidance for statement 6 was updated following the withdrawal of SIGN guideline 110 on early management of patients with a head injury in 2019.


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