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Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence (NG209)
This guideline covers support to stop smoking for everyone aged 12 and over, and help to reduce people's harm from smoking if they are not ready to stop in one go. It also covers ways to prevent children, young people and young adults aged 24 and under from taking up smoking.
This quality standard covers sexual health, focusing on preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS178
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- Quality statement 1: Asking people about their sexual history
- Quality statement 2: Discussing prevention and testing with people who are at risk of sexually transmitted infections
- Quality statement 3: Condom distribution schemes
- Quality statement 4: Access to sexual health services
- Quality statement 5: Repeat testing for sexually transmitted infections
- Quality statement 6: Partner notification
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Gambling-related harms: identification, assessment and management (NG248)
This guideline covers identifying, assessing and treating gambling-related harms. This includes people aged 18 and over who are experiencing gambling that harms, and people of any age affected by someone close to them who is experiencing gambling that harms.
Evidence-based recommendations on ivacaftor–tezacaftor–elexacaftor (Kaftrio) plus ivacaftor (Kalydeco), tezacaftor–ivacaftor (Symkevi) plus ivacaftor, and lumacaftor–ivacaftor (Orkambi) for treating cystic fibrosis.
Evidence-based recommendations on ruxolitinib (Jakavi) for treating acute graft versus host disease that has an inadequate response to corticosteroids in people 12 years and over.
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Evidence-based recommendations on sebelipase alfa (Kanuma) for long-term enzyme replacement therapy in Wolman disease (rapidly progressive lysosomal acid lipase deficiency) in people aged 2 years and under when treatment starts.
This guideline covers how to identify adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes. It aims to remind practitioners that age is no barrier to being at high risk of, or developing, the condition. It also aims to help them provide those at high risk with an effective and appropriate intensive lifestyle-change programme to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. The recommendations in this guideline can be used alongside the NHS Health Check programme .
Cellulitis and erysipelas: antimicrobial prescribing (NG141)
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for adults, young people, children and babies aged 72 hours and over with cellulitis and erysipelas. It aims to optimise antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance.
This guideline covers care and management for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 2 diabetes. It focuses on patient education, dietary advice, managing cardiovascular risk, managing blood glucose levels, and identifying and managing long-term complications.
This guideline covers the main risk factors linked with cardiovascular disease: poor diet, physical inactivity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. It aims to reduce the high incidence of cardiovascular disease. This, in turn, will help prevent other major causes of death and illness, such as type 2 diabetes and many cancers.
Ibrutinib for treating Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia (TA795)
Evidence-based recommendations on ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia in adults who have had at least 1 previous therapy.
Evidence-based recommendations on lumasiran (Oxlumo) for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 in people of all ages.
This guideline covers the early and longer-term (rehabilitation) management of acute coronary syndromes. These include ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and unstable angina. The guideline aims to improve survival and quality of life for people who have a heart attack or unstable angina.
U-Drain for people needing night drainage of urine or dialysis fluid (MIB95)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on U-Drain for people needing night drainage of urine or dialysis fluid .
Evidence-based recommendations on azacitidine (Onureg) for maintenance treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia after induction therapy in adults.