Overview
This quality standard covers managing prostate cancer in people referred to secondary care or having follow-up for prostate cancer in primary care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
The quality standard does not cover recognising and referring for suspected cancer in primary care, which is covered by NICE’s quality standard on suspected cancer.
We’ve produced a guideline on the delivery of systemic anticancer treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is relevant to statement 3 in this quality standard and may help to support using the quality standard.
In December 2021, changes were made to align this quality standard with the updated NICE guideline on prostate cancer. See update information for details.
How to use NICE quality standards and how we develop them
Quality standards help you improve the quality of care you provide or commission. They apply in England and Wales (see the UK government website and Welsh government website). Decisions on how they apply in Scotland and Northern Ireland are made by ministers in the Scottish government and Northern Ireland Executive.
Find out how to use quality standards and how we develop them.
Endorsing bodies
This quality standard is endorsed by NHS England as required by the Health and Social Care Act (2012).
Supporting organisations
A number of organisations recognise the benefit of this quality standard in improving care. They work with us to promote it to commissioners and service providers: