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This quality standard covers the routine antenatal care that women and their babies should receive during pregnancy. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS22
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Access to antenatal care
- Quality statement 2: Risk assessment
- Quality statement 3: Continuity of carer
- Quality statement 4: Vaccination
- Quality statement 5: Referral for stop-smoking support and treatment
- Quality statement 6: Healthy eating in pregnancy
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Type 2 diabetes prevention: population and community-level interventions (PH35)
This guideline covers preventing type 2 diabetes in adult populations and communities who are at high risk. It aims to promote a healthy diet and physical activity at community and population level, and recommends how to tailor services for people in ethnic communities and other groups who are particularly at risk of type 2 diabetes.
Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management (NG143)
This guideline covers the assessment and early management of fever with no obvious cause in children aged under 5. It aims to improve clinical assessment and help healthcare professionals diagnose serious illness among young children who present with fever in primary and secondary care.
Hyperparathyroidism (primary): diagnosis, assessment and initial management (NG132)
This guideline covers diagnosing, assessing and managing primary hyperparathyroidism. It aims to improve recognition and treatment of this condition, reducing long-term complications and improving quality of life.
Evidence-based recommendations on ivacaftor–tezacaftor–elexacaftor (Kaftrio) plus ivacaftor (Kalydeco), tezacaftor–ivacaftor (Symkevi) plus ivacaftor, and lumacaftor–ivacaftor (Orkambi) for treating cystic fibrosis.
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This guideline covers managing colorectal (bowel) cancer in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve quality of life and survival for adults with colorectal cancer through management of local disease and secondary tumours (metastatic disease).
This quality standard covers assessment, early management and rehabilitation following head injury in adults, young people and children. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS74
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- Quality statement 1: CT head scans
- Quality statement 2: CT head scans for people taking anticoagulants
- Quality statement 3: CT cervical spine scans
- Quality statement 4: Provisional radiology reports
- Quality statement 5: Access to neuroscience units
- Quality statement 6: Inpatient rehabilitation for people with traumatic brain injury
- Quality statement 7: Community rehabilitation services for people with traumatic brain injury
This guideline covers assessing all chronic pain (chronic primary pain, chronic secondary pain, or both) and managing chronic primary pain in people aged 16 years and over. Chronic primary pain is pain with no clear underlying cause, or pain (or its impact) that is out of proportion to any observable injury or disease.
Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in over 16s (NG202)
This guideline covers the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS), obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with OSAHS (COPD–OSAHS overlap syndrome) in people over 16. It aims to improve recognition, investigation and treatment of these related conditions.
Evidence-based recommendations on quantitative faecal immunochemical testing to guide colorectal cancer pathway referral in primary care.
This guideline covers managing spasticity and co-existing motor disorders and their early musculoskeletal complications in children and young people (from birth up to their 19th birthday) with non-progressive brain disorders. It aims to reduce variation in practice and help healthcare professionals to select and use appropriate treatments.
This guideline covers the care of women with a singleton pregnancy at increased risk of, or with symptoms and signs of, preterm labour (before 37 weeks), and women with a singleton pregnancy having a planned preterm birth. It aims to reduce the risks of preterm birth for the baby and describes treatments to prevent or delay early labour and birth.
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.
Specialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born preterm (NG124)
This guideline covers specific aspects of respiratory support (for example, oxygen supplementation, assisted ventilation, treatment of some respiratory disorders, and aspects of monitoring) for preterm babies in hospital.