Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings (NG105)
This guideline covers ways to reduce suicide and help people bereaved or affected by suicides. It aims to:
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Alcohol interventions in secondary and further education (NG135)
This guideline covers interventions in secondary and further education to prevent and reduce alcohol use among children and young people aged 11 up to and including 18. It also covers people aged 11 to 25 with special educational needs or disabilities in full-time education. It will also be relevant to children aged 11 in year 6 of primary school.
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Cerebral palsy in adults (NG119)
This guideline covers care and support for adults with cerebral palsy. It aims to improve health and wellbeing, promote access to services and support participation and independent living.
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End of life care for adults: service delivery (NG142)
This guideline covers organising and delivering end of life care services, which provide care and support in the final weeks and months of life (or for some conditions, years), and the planning and preparation for this. It aims to ensure that people have access to the care that they want and need in all care settings. It also includes advice on services for carers.
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Supporting adult carers (NG150)
This guideline covers support for adults (aged 18 and over) who provide unpaid care for anyone aged 16 or over with health or social care needs. It aims to improve the lives of carers by helping health and social care practitioners identify people who are caring for someone and give them the right information and support. It covers carers’ assessments, practical, emotional and social support and training, and support for carers providing end of life care.
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People's experience in adult social care services: improving the experience of care and support for people using adult social care services (NG86)
This guideline covers the care and support of adults receiving social care in their own homes, residential care and community settings. It aims to help people understand what care they can expect and to improve their experience by supporting them to make decisions about their care.
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Motor neurone disease: assessment and management (NG42)
This guideline covers assessing and managing motor neurone disease (MND). It aims to improve care from the time of diagnosis, and covers information and support, organisation of care, managing symptoms and preparing for end of life care.
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End of life care for infants, children and young people with life-limiting conditions: planning and management (NG61)
This guideline covers the planning and management of end of life and palliative care in for infants, children and young people (aged 0–17 years) with life-limiting conditions. It aims to involve children, young people and their families in decisions about their care, and improve the support that is available to them throughout their lives.
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Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery (NG93)
This guideline covers services for children, young people and adults with a learning disability (or autism and a learning disability) and behaviour that challenges. It aims to promote a lifelong approach to supporting people and their families and carers, focusing on prevention and early intervention and minimising inpatient admissions.
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Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers (NG97)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease). It aims to improve care by making recommendations on training staff and helping carers to support people living with dementia.
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Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities (NG96)
This guideline covers care and support for adults with learning disabilities as they grow older. It covers identifying changing needs, planning for the future, and delivering services including health, social care and housing. It aims to support people to access the services they need as they get older.
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Decision-making and mental capacity (NG108)
This guideline covers decision-making in people 16 years and over who may lack capacity now or in the future. It aims to help health and social care practitioners support people to make their own decisions where they have the capacity to do so. It also helps practitioners to keep people who lack capacity at the centre of the decision-making process.
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Indoor air quality at home (NG149)
This guideline covers indoor air quality in residential buildings. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of good air quality in people's homes and how to achieve this.
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Flu vaccination: increasing uptake (NG103)
This guideline covers how to increase uptake of the free flu vaccination among people who are eligible. It describes ways to increase awareness and how to use all opportunities in primary and secondary care to identify people who should be encouraged to have the vaccination.
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Community pharmacies: promoting health and wellbeing (NG102)
This guideline covers how community pharmacies can help maintain and improve people’s physical and mental health and wellbeing, including people with a long-term condition. It aims to encourage more people to use community pharmacies by integrating them within existing health and care pathways and ensuring they offer standard services and a consistent approach. It requires a collaborative approach from individual pharmacies and their representatives, local authorities and other commissioners.
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Workplace health: long-term sickness absence and capability to work (NG146)
This guideline covers how to help people return to work after long-term sickness absence, reduce recurring sickness absence, and help prevent people moving from short-term to long-term sickness absence.
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Behaviour change: digital and mobile health interventions (NG183)
This guideline covers interventions that use a digital or mobile platform to help people eat more healthily, become more active, stop smoking, reduce their alcohol intake or practise safer sex. The interventions include those delivered by text message, apps, wearable devices or the internet. The guideline only includes those that are delivered by the technology itself and not by healthcare professionals using technology to deliver interventions.
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Stop smoking interventions and services (NG92)
This guideline covers stop smoking interventions and services delivered in primary care and community settings for everyone over the age of 12. It aims to ensure that everyone who smokes is advised and encouraged to stop and given the support they need. It emphasises the importance of targeting vulnerable groups who find smoking cessation hard or who smoke a lot.
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Physical activity and the environment (NG90)
This guideline covers how to improve the physical environment to encourage and support physical activity. The aim is to increase the general population’s physical activity levels.
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Patisiran for treating hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (HST10)
Evidence-based recommendations on patisiran (Onpattro) for treating hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis in adults with stage 1 and stage 2 polyneuropathy
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Voretigene neparvovec for treating inherited retinal dystrophies caused by RPE65 gene mutations (HST11)
Evidence-based recommendations on voretigene neparvovec (Luxturna) for RPE65-mediated inherited retinal dystrophies in people with vision loss caused by inherit
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Strimvelis for treating adenosine deaminase deficiency–severe combined immunodeficiency (HST7)
Evidence-based recommendation on Strimvelis for adenosine deaminase deficiency–severe combined immunodeficiency
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Burosumab for treating X-linked hypophosphataemia in children and young people (HST8)
Evidence-based recommendations on burosumab (Crysvita) for treating X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH) in children and young people
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Volanesorsen for treating familial chylomicronaemia syndrome (HST13)
Evidence-based recommendations on volanesorsen (Waylivra) for treating familial chylomicronaemia syndrome in adults
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Inotersen for treating hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (HST9)
Evidence-based recommendations on inotersen (Tegsedi) for stage 1 and stage 2 polyneuropathy in adults with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis
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Cerliponase alfa for treating neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (HST12)
Evidence-based recommendations on cerliponase alfa (Brineura) for treating neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 in children
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Axonics sacral neuromodulation system for treating refractory overactive bladder (MTG50)
Evidence-based recommendations on Axonics sacral neuromodulation system for treating refractory overactive bladder
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SEM Scanner 200 for preventing pressure ulcers (MTG51)
Evidence-based recommendations on SEM Scanner 200 for preventing pressure ulcers
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Zio XT for detecting cardiac arrhythmias (MTG52)
Evidence-based recommendations on Zio XT for detecting cardiac arrhythmias
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MiraQ for assessing graft flow during coronary artery bypass graft surgery (MTG8)
Evidence-based recommendations on MiraQ for assessing graft flow during coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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PleurX peritoneal catheter drainage system for vacuum-assisted drainage of treatment-resistant, recurrent malignant ascites (MTG9)
Evidence-based recommendations on PleurX for vacuum-assisted drainage of treatment-resistant, recurrent malignant ascites
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Ambu aScope4 Broncho for use in unexpected difficult airways (MTG14)
Evidence-based recommendations on the Ambu aScope4 Broncho for use in unexpected difficult airways
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The Debrisoft monofilament debridement pad for use in acute or chronic wounds (MTG17)
Evidence-based recommendations on the Debrisoft monofilament debridement pad for use in acute or chronic wounds
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Pipeline Flex embolisation device with Shield Technology for the treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms (MTG10)
Evidence-based recommendations on the Pipeline Flex embolisation device with Shield Technology for the treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms
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EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system for long bone fractures with non-union or delayed healing (MTG12)
Evidence-based recommendations on EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system for long bone fractures with non-union or delayed healing
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Memokath-051 stent for ureteric obstruction (MTG35)
Evidence-based recommendations on Memokath-051 stent for treating ureteric obstruction
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Peristeen transanal irrigation system for managing bowel dysfunction (MTG36)
Evidence-based recommendations on the Peristeen transanal irrigation system for people with bowel dysfunction
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Thopaz+ portable digital system for managing chest drains (MTG37)
Evidence-based recommendations on Thopaz+ for managing chest drains
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Neuropad for detecting preclinical diabetic peripheral neuropathy (MTG38)
Evidence-based recommendations on Neuropad for detecting preclinical diabetic peripheral neuropathy
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iFuse for treating chronic sacroiliac joint pain (MTG39)
Evidence-based recommendations on iFuse for treating chronic sacroiliac joint pain
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Episcissors-60 for mediolateral episiotomy (MTG47)
Evidence-based recommendations on Episcissors-60 for mediolateral episiotomy
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PneuX to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (MTG48)
Evidence-based recommendations on PneuX to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
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Rezum for treating lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (MTG49)
Evidence-based recommendations on Rezum for treating lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia
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PICO negative pressure wound dressings for closed surgical incisions (MTG43)
Evidence-based recommendations on PICO negative pressure wound dressings for closed surgical incisions
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Curos for preventing infections when using needleless connectors (MTG44)
Evidence-based recommendations on Curos for preventing infections when using needleless connectors
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Endocuff Vision for assisting visualisation during colonoscopy (MTG45)
Evidence-based decisions on Endocuff Vision for assisting visualisation during colonoscopy
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gammaCore for cluster headache (MTG46)
Evidence-based recommendations on gammaCore for cluster headache
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Mepilex Border Heel and Sacrum dressings for preventing pressure ulcers (MTG40)
Evidence-based recommendations on Mepilex Border Heel and Sacrum dressings for preventing pressure ulcers
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Senza spinal cord stimulation system for delivering HF10 therapy to treat chronic neuropathic pain (MTG41)
Evidence-based recommendations on the Senza spinal cord stimulation system for delivering HF10 therapy to treat chronic neuropathic pain
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UrgoStart for treating diabetic foot ulcers and leg ulcers (MTG42)
Evidence-based recommendations on UrgoStart for treating diabetic foot ulcers and leg ulcers