This guideline covers new buildings and communal outdoor areas. The aim is to ensure there are enough shady areas to protect people from overexposure to the sun.
This quality improvement guide was produced by NICE, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency (HPA). Its aim is twofold: to reduce the risk of harm from healthcare-associated infections for patients, staff and visitors; and to reduce the costs associated with preventable infection.
This guideline covers approaches to promoting social and emotional wellbeing in children aged 4 to 11 years in primary education. It includes planning and delivering programmes and activities to help children develop social and emotional skills and wellbeing. It also covers identifying signs of anxiety or social and emotional problems in children and how to address them.
This guideline covers promoting physical activity for children and young people aged under 18 at home, preschool, school and in the community. It includes raising awareness of the benefits of physical activity, listening to what children and young people want, planning and providing spaces and facilities, and helping families build physical activity into their daily lives.
This guideline covers how organisations, professionals and carers can work together to deliver high quality care, stable placements and nurturing relationships for looked-after children and young people. It aims to help these children and young people reach their full potential and enjoy the same opportunities in life as their peers.
This guideline covers vitamin D supplement use. It aims to prevent vitamin D deficiency among specific population groups including infants and children aged under 4, pregnant and breastfeeding women, particularly teenagers and young women, people over 65, people who have low or no exposure to the sun and people with darker skin.
This guideline covers how to improve the health and wellbeing of employees, with a focus on organisational culture and the role of line managers.
This guideline covers increasing immunisation uptake among children and young people aged under 19 years in groups and settings where immunisation coverage is low. It aims to improve access to immunisation services and increase timely immunisation of children and young people. It also aims to ensure babies born to mothers infected with hepatitis B are immunised.
This guideline covers strategies, regulation, enforcement, surveillance and workforce development in relation to preventing unintentional injuries in the home, on the road and during outdoor play and leisure.
This guideline covers road speed limits, 20mph zones and engineering measures to reduce speed or make routes safer.
This guideline covers how general dental practice teams can convey advice about oral hygiene and the use of fluoride. It also covers diet, smoking, smokeless tobacco and alcohol intake.
This guideline covers interventions to maintain and improve the mental wellbeing and independence of people aged 65 or older and how to identify those most at risk of a decline.
This guideline covers how to communicate the risks and benefits of natural sunlight exposure (specifically, the ultraviolet rays UVA and UVB) to help people understand why they may need to modify their behaviour to reduce their risk of skin cancer and vitamin D deficiency.
This guideline covers children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour, including those on remand or serving community or custodial sentences. It aims to ensure these problems don’t escalate and possibly lead to them being charged with a sexual offence. It also aims to ensure no-one is unnecessarily referred to specialist services.
This guideline covers oral health, including dental health and daily mouth care, for adults in care homes. The aim is to maintain and improve their oral health and ensure timely access to dental treatment.
This guideline covers community engagement approaches to reduce health inequalities, ensure health and wellbeing initiatives are effective and help local authorities and health bodies meet their statutory obligations.
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.
This guideline covers how to improve services for people aged 14 and above who have been diagnosed as having coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse. The aim is to provide a range of coordinated services that address people’s wider health and social care needs, as well as other issues such as employment and housing.
This guideline covers the nutrition of pregnant women, including women who are planning to become pregnant, mothers and other carers of children aged under 5 and their children. In particular, it aims to address disparities in the nutrition of low-income and other disadvantaged groups compared with the general population.
In development [GID-NG10139] Expected publication date: 19 October 2021
In development [GID-NG10140] Expected publication date: 18 August 2021
In development [GID-NG10125] Expected publication date: 28 May 2021
In development [GID-NG10086] Expected publication date: 18 January 2021
In development [GID-NG10142] Expected publication date: 01 September 2021
In development [GID-NG10121] Expected publication date: 26 April 2021
In development [GID-NG10050] Expected publication date: TBC
In development [GID-NG10101] Expected publication date: 05 August 2020
In development [GID-NG10022] Expected publication date: TBC
In development [GID-SGWAVE0700] Expected publication date: TBC
In development [GID-SGWAVE0701] Expected publication date: TBC
In development [GID-SGWAVE0762] Expected publication date: TBC
In development [GID-SGWAVE0761] Expected publication date: TBC
In development [GID-SGWAVE0702] Expected publication date: TBC
In development [GID-NG10053] Expected publication date: TBC
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG64.
This guideline has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG90.
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG135.
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG44.
In development [GID-PHG0] Expected publication date: TBC
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG92.
This guideline covered four common methods used to increase the population's physical activity levels: brief interventions in primary care, exercise referral schemes, pedometers and community-based walking and cycling programmes. It has been updated and replaced by the following NICE guidelines:
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICEguideline PH52.
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG60.
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG60.
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG33.
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG92.
In development [GID-PHG59] Expected publication date: 24 March 2016
In development [GID-PHG58] Expected publication date: TBC
This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE guideline NG146.