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This guideline covers needle and syringe programmes for people (including those under 16) who inject drugs. The main aim is to reduce the transmission of viruses and other infections caused by sharing injecting equipment, such as HIV, hepatitis B and C. In turn, this will reduce the prevalence of blood-borne viruses and bacterial infections, so benefiting wider society.
This quality standard covers the additional antenatal care for women who are pregnant with twins or triplets that is offered alongside routine antenatal care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Determining chorionicity and amnionicity
- Quality statement 2: Labelling the fetuses
- Quality statement 3: Composition of the multidisciplinary core team
- Quality statement 4: Care planning
- Quality statement 5: Monitoring for fetal complications
- Quality statement 6: Involving a consultant from a tertiary level fetal medicine centre
- Quality statement 7: Advice and preparation for preterm birth
This quality standard covers diagnosing, assessing and treating community-acquired and hospital-acquired pneumonia in babies over 1 month (corrected gestational age), children, young people and adults. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover ventilator associated pneumonia or COVID-19 pneumonia.
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In development Reference number: GID-NG10448 Expected publication date: TBC
In development Reference number: GID-NG10457 Expected publication date: TBC
This quality standard covers health and social care services for adults, young people and children with autism. It includes assessment and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, and care and support for people diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Diagnostic assessment by an autism team
- Quality statement 2: Assessment and diagnosis
- Quality statement 3: Personalised plan
- Quality statement 4: Coordination of care and support
- Quality statement 5: Treating the core features of autism: psychosocial interventions
- Quality statement 6: Treating the core features of autism: medication
- Quality statement 7: Assessing possible triggers for behaviour that challenges
In development Reference number: GID-NG10453 Expected publication date: TBC
This quality standard covers managing osteoporosis in adults (aged 18 and over), including assessing risk and preventing fragility fractures. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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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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- 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 quality standard covers preventing and treating surgical site infections. It covers adults, young people and children having a surgical procedure that involves a cut to the skin in all healthcare settings. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Personal preparation for surgery
- Quality statement 2: Antibiotic prophylaxis
- Quality statement 3: Patient temperature
- Quality statement 4: Intraoperative staff practices
- Quality statement 5: Information and advice on wound care
- Quality statement 6: Treatment of surgical site infection
- Quality statement 7: Surveillance
Gastro-oesophageal reflux in children and young people (QS112)
This quality standard covers managing symptoms of reflux (regurgitation or bringing up feeds) in babies, children and young people (under 18). It also covers diagnosing and managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (also called GORD), which is more severe reflux and heartburn. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Information about gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) in infants
- Quality statement 2: Breast-fed infants – feeding assessment
- Quality statement 3: Formula-fed infants – stepped-care approach
- Quality statement 4: Alginate therapy
- Quality statement 5: Symptoms that do not need investigation or treatment
- Quality statement 6: Acid-suppressing drugs
- Quality statement 7: Upper gastrointestinal (GI) contrast study
This quality standard covers managing hypertension in adults. It includes diagnosis and investigations, treatment and specialist referral. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Diagnosis – ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- Quality statement 2: Investigations for target organ damage
- Quality statement 3: Statin therapy
- Quality statement 4: Blood pressure targets
- Quality statement 5: Review of cardiovascular disease risk factors
- Quality statement 6: Referral to a specialist for adults with resistant hypertension
- Update information
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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- 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
- Update information
This quality standard covers managing faecal (bowel) incontinence in adults (aged 18 and over) in the community (at home and in care homes) and in all hospital departments. It includes assessment of bowel control problems, advice and support, and treatment options. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Epilepsies in children, young people and adults (extraordinary review)
In development Reference number: GID-NG10378 Expected publication date: TBC