Hospitals

NICE Pathways

Interactive topic-based flowcharts that allow you to navigate our recommendations on any subject. Find out more about NICE Pathways.

• Acutely ill patients in hospital

• Intravenous fluid therapy in hospital

• Pneumonia

• Sepsis

• Sickle cell disease: acute painful episode

• Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs

• Trauma

NICE guidelines

Evidence-based recommendations on a range of health and care topics. Find out more about NICE guidelines

• Acutely ill adults in hospital: recognising and responding to deterioration (CG50)

  Id:

  CG50

  Published date:

  July 2007

• Intravenous fluid therapy in adults in hospital (CG174)

  Id:

  CG174

  Published date:

  December 2013

• Intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people in hospital (NG29)

  Id:

  NG29

  Published date:

  December 2015

• Major trauma: assessment and initial management (NG39)

  Id:

  NG39

  Published date:

  February 2016

• Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management (CG191)

  Id:

  CG191

  Published date:

  December 2014

• Sickle cell disease: managing acute painful episodes in hospital (CG143)

  Id:

  CG143

  Published date:

  June 2012

• Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs (NG27)

  Id:

  NG27

  Published date:

  December 2015

Quality standards

Statements covering priority areas for quality improvement (including ways to measure quality). Find out more about Quality standards.

• Healthcare-associated infections (QS113)

  Id:

  QS113

  Published date:

  February 2016

• Intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people in hospital (QS131)

  Id:

  QS131

  Published date:

  September 2016

• Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs (QS136)

  Id:

  QS136

  Published date:

  December 2016

• Venous thromboembolism in adults: reducing the risk in hospital (QS3)

  Updated

  Yes

  Id:

  QS3

  Published date:

  June 2010

  Last updated:

  March 2018

Technology appraisal guidance

Assessments of the clinical and cost effectiveness of health technologies (most commonly medicines, but also medical devices, procedures and diagnostic techniques). Find out more about Technology appraisals guidance.

• Guidance on home compared with hospital haemodialysis for patients with end-stage renal failure (TA48)

  Id:

  TA48

  Published date:

  September 2002

Evidence summaries

Summaries of the best available evidence for selected new medicines, off-label use of licensed medicines and unlicensed medicines. Find out more about Evidence summaries.

• Hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: telavancin (ESNM44)

  Id:

  ESNM44

  Published date:

  July 2014

Medtech innovation briefings

Information on device and diagnostic technologies to help local decision-making. Find out more about Medtech innovation briefings (MIBs).

• EarlySense for heart and respiratory monitoring and predicting patient deterioration (MIB49)

  Id:

  MIB49

  Published date:

  January 2016

• i STAT CG4+ and CHEM8+ cartridges for point-of-care testing in the emergency department (MIB38)

  Id:

  MIB38

  Published date:

  September 2015

• PneuX for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care (MIB45)

  Id:

  MIB45

  Published date:

  November 2015

• Shiley Endotracheal Tube with TaperGuard Cuff for intensive care patients at risk of ventilator‑associated pneumonia (MIB22)

  Id:

  MIB22

  Published date:

  March 2015

• VitalPAC for assessing vital signs of patients in hospital (MIB79)

  Id:

  MIB79

  Published date:

  September 2016

In development

• Betrixaban for preventing venous thromboembolism in people hospitalised for acute medical conditions [ID913]

  New

  Yes

  Expected publication date:

  TBC

Proposed

• Acute medical admissions in the first 48 hours

  New

  Yes

  Expected publication date:

  TBC

• Intravenous zanamivir for treating influenza in hospital [ID1196]

  New

  Yes

  Expected publication date:

  TBC

Latest news on this topic

NICE guidance can reduce delays in hospital discharge raised by critical report

NICE urges hospitals and local authorities to redouble their efforts to reduce delays in discharging patients from hospitals, following criticism from MPs.

Published:

22 July 2016