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Integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness (NG214)
This guideline covers providing integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness. It aims to improve access to and engagement with health and social care, and ensure care is coordinated across different services.
Evidence-based recommendations on ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for treating chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on vandetanib (Caprelsa) for treating medullary thyroid cancer in adults.
Pembrolizumab for treating advanced melanoma after disease progression with ipilimumab (TA357)
Evidence-based recommendations on pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for treating advanced melanoma after disease progression with ipilimumab in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on abiraterone (Zytiga) for treating metastatic hormone-relapsed prostate cancer before chemotherapy is indicated in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with carboplatin and paclitaxel for adults with untreated metastatic squamous non-small-cell lung cancer.
Evidence-based recommendations on baricitinib (Olumiant) for treating severe alopecia areata in adults.
Tepotinib for treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with MET gene alterations (TA789)
Evidence-based recommendations on tepotinib (Tepmetko) for treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with MET gene alterations in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on enzalutamide (Xtandi) for treating metastatic hormone-relapsed prostate cancer in adults who have had treatment with docetaxel-containing chemotherapy.
This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection.
This guideline covers mid-life approaches to delay or prevent the onset of dementia, disability and frailty in later life. The guideline aims to increase the amount of time that people can be independent, healthy and active in later life.
Spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression (QS56)
This quality standard covers diagnosis and management of spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS56
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- Quality statement 1: Information about recognising the symptoms of metastatic spinal cord compression
- Quality statement 2: Imaging and treatment plans for adults with suspected spinal metastases
- Quality statement 3: Imaging for adults with suspected metastatic spinal cord compression
- Quality statement 4: Coordinating investigations for adults with suspected metastatic spinal cord compression
- Quality statement 5: Coordinating care for adults with metastatic spinal cord compression
- Quality statement 6: Radiotherapy for metastatic spinal cord compression
- Quality statement 7: Supportive care and rehabilitation
Evidence-based recommendations on blinatumomab (Blincyto) for treating Philadelphia-chromosome-negative CD19-positive B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in remission with minimal residual disease activity in adults.
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing non-small-cell and small-cell lung cancer. It aims to improve outcomes for patients by ensuring that the most effective tests and treatments are used, and that people have access to suitable palliative care and follow-up.
Evidence-based recommendations on trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla) for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in adults who have had trastuzumab and a taxane.