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Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community (NG67)
This guideline covers medicines support for adults (aged 18 and over) who are receiving social care in the community. It aims to ensure that people who receive social care are supported to take and look after their medicines effectively and safely at home. It gives advice on assessing if people need help with managing their medicines, who should provide medicines support and how health and social care staff should work together.
U-Drain for people needing night drainage of urine or dialysis fluid (MIB95)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on U-Drain for people needing night drainage of urine or dialysis fluid .
NICE calls on care homes to prioritise the oral health of residents
Care home residents should be helped to brush their teeth twice a day, says NICE
This quality standard covers admissions into, and discharge from, inpatient hospital settings for adults (aged 18 years and over) with social care needs. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS136
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Information sharing on admission
- Quality statement 2: Comprehensive geriatric assessment
- Quality statement 3: Coordinated discharge
- Quality statement 4: Discharge plans
- Quality statement 5: Involving carers in discharge planning
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- About this quality standard
Social care for older people with multiple long-term conditions (QS132)
This quality standard covers the planning and delivery of social care and support for older people (aged 65 and over) with multiple long-term conditions. It includes people living in their own homes, in specialist settings or in care homes, both those who receive support with funding for their social care and those who do not. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Including physical and mental health needs in a care and support needs assessment
- Quality statement 2: Discussing services that could help at a care and support needs assessment
- Quality statement 3: Named care coordinator
- Quality statement 4: Care planning
- Quality statement 5: Review of health and social care plan
- About this quality standard
This guideline covers optimising care for adults with multimorbidity (multiple long-term conditions) by reducing treatment burden (polypharmacy and multiple appointments) and unplanned care. It aims to improve quality of life by promoting shared decisions based on what is important to each person in terms of treatments, health priorities, lifestyle and goals. The guideline sets out which people are most likely to benefit from an approach to care that takes account of multimorbidity, how they can be identified and what the care involves.
A project to improve care for older people in Wakefield has led to significant reductions in hospital admissions, attendances in A&E and ambulance call outs.
Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings (NG53)
This guideline covers the period before, during and after a person is admitted to, and discharged from, a mental health hospital. It aims to help people who use mental health services, and their families and carers, to have a better experience of transition by improving the way it’s planned and carried out.
England for adults in care homes:- What effect does improving and maintaining access to dental services for adults in care...
residents:- How effective and cost effective are oral health interventions in care homes including suitableperson-centred outcome...
carrying out daily mouth care and oral health assessments for adults in care homes:- What are the facilitators and barriers to...
services:- Do preventive oral health interventions in residential and nursing care homes reduce demands on other health and social care...
care for residents:- Does the delivery of a daily mouth care regimen in care homes maintain or improve adult residents' oral...
effectiveness. These measures would capture the views of all residents living in care homes and could include: - how much they value...
The Oral Health Needs of Older People Living in Islington Nursing Homes.
that are in accordance with NICE guideline on oral health for adults in care homes, particularly the recommendations in section 1.3 on...
setting is a key feature of the NICE guidance NG48 Oral Health for Adults in Care Homes and the practice set out in this example aligns...
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.
The social care guidance manual
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 The scope
- 3 The Guidance Development Group
- 4 Developing review questions and planning the systematic review
- 5 Identifying the evidence: literature searching and evidence submission
- 6 Reviewing the evidence
- 7 Incorporating economic evaluation
- 8 Linking social care guidance to other NICE guidance
Complicated urinary tract infections: ceftolozane/tazobactam (ESNM74)
Summary of the evidence on ceftolozane/tazobactam for treating complicated urinary tract infections to inform local NHS planning and decision-making
In the bag - making moving between hospital and social care better
The introduction of a 'red bag' Hospital Transfer Pathway has helped to improve and speed up the transfer between hospital and care home settings.
in different settings, for example emergency departments, residential care homes or virtual consultations when delivered by different...
This guideline covers systems and processes for using and managing controlled drugs safely in all NHS settings except care homes. It aims to improve working practices to comply with legislation and have robust governance arrangements. It also aims to reduce the safety risks associated with controlled drugs.
This quality standard covers the safe and effective use of medicines. It covers people of all ages who are taking medicines, including those who are not getting the full benefit from their medicines. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS120
- Introduction
- List of quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Shared decision-making
- Quality statement 2: Patient involvement in reporting medicines-related patient safety incidents
- Quality statement 3: Learning from medicines-related patient safety incidents
- Quality statement 4: Medicines reconciliation in acute settings
- Quality statement 5: Medicines reconciliation in primary care
- Quality statement 6: Structured medication review
This quality standard covers preventing and controlling infections in hospitals and other secondary care settings that develop because of treatment or from being in a healthcare setting (healthcare-associated infections). It includes monitoring, responsibilities, and policies and procedures in secondary care organisations to reduce the risk of infection in patients, staff and visitors. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS113
- Introduction
- List of quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Surveillance
- Quality statement 2: Collaborative action
- Quality statement 3: Responsibilities of hospital staff
- Quality statement 4: Planning, design and management of hospital facilities
- Quality statement 5: Admission, discharge and transfer
- Using the quality standard
use of health and social care resources (including in the community and care homes) as well as unpaid care.Data are needed for costs and...
sessions of Clinical and medication review and assessment of our patients in care homes – akin to ward round. The aim of reviewing...
established to support pharmacy technicians working in clinical roles in care homes and domiciliary settings. NICE guidance NG 5...
This guideline covers the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to 3 days of life. It aims to improve end of life care for people in their last days of life by communicating respectfully and involving them, and the people important to them, in decisions and by maintaining their comfort and dignity. The guideline covers how to manage common symptoms without causing unacceptable side effects and maintain hydration in the last days of life.
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.
approach in care homes:- What is the effectiveness and acceptability of different strategies to enable positive risk-taking in...
Recommendation ID NG22/3 Question Supporting people in care homes to stay active:- What is the most effective and cost-effective way of
This guideline covers the transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care homes for adults with social care needs. It aims to improve people's experience of admission to, and discharge from, hospital by better coordination of health and social care services.
To comply with recommendations in NICE guidance Managing Medicines in care homes (SC1): Recommendation 1.8 Reviewing Medicines: 1.8.3...
Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions (NG22)
This guideline covers planning and delivering social care and support for older people who have multiple long-term conditions. It promotes an integrated and person-centred approach to delivering effective health and social care services.
Antimicrobial stewardship: systems and processes for effective antimicrobial medicine use (NG15)
This guideline covers the effective use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics) in children, young people and adults. It aims to change prescribing practice to help slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance and ensure that antimicrobials remain an effective treatment for infection.
Safeguarding in care homes, adoption in looked after children and young people, and support for carers are among social care topics being considered for new NICE guidance and quality standards.
Mental wellbeing of older people in care homes (QS50)
This quality standard covers assessing and managing borderline and antisocial personality disorders. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS88
- Introduction
- List of quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Structured clinical assessment
- Quality statement 2: Psychological therapies – borderline personality disorder
- Quality statement 3: Psychological therapies – antisocial personality disorder
- Quality statement 4: Pharmacological interventions
- Quality statement 5: Managing transitions
- Quality statement 6: Education and employment goals
This quality standard covers preventing, assessing and managing pressure ulcers (bed sores) in adults, young people and children. It includes risk assessment and support to prevent pressure ulcers. It applies to all settings, including hospitals, care homes (with and without nursing care) and people’s own homes.
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Sections for QS89
- Introduction
- List of quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Pressure ulcer risk assessment in hospitals and care homes with nursing
- Quality statement 2: Pressure ulcer risk assessment by community nursing services
- Quality statement 3: Pressure ulcer risk reassessment
- Quality statement 4: Skin assessment
- Quality statement 5: Advice on repositioning
- Quality statement 6: Help with repositioning
taken out, and the effect on independent living such as admissions to care homes, work related effects including sickness absence....
taken out, and the effect on independent living such as admissions to care homes, work related effects including sickness absence....
taken out, and the effect on independent living such as admissions to care homes, work related effects including sickness absence....
taken out, and the effect on independent living such as admissions to care homes, work related effects including sickness absence....
taken out, and the effect on independent living such as admissions to care homes, work related effects including sickness absence....
taken out, and the effect on independent living such as admissions to care homes, work related effects including sickness absence....
How cost effective are fluoride varnish programmes and tooth-brushing schemes?
taken out, and the effect on independent living such as admissions to care homes, work related effects including sickness absence....
New quality standards to help care homes manage medicines safely and prevent falls in older people
Two new quality standards on managing medicines in care homes and preventing falls will help to improve the quality of care for older people.
This quality standard covers managing medicines safely and effectively in care homes. It includes processes for prescribing, handling and administering medicines for adults, young people, and children living in care homes. It also includes providing care and support relating to medicines. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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This guideline covers safe and effective use of medicines in health and social care for people taking 1 or more medicines. It aims to ensure that medicines provide the greatest possible benefit to people by encouraging medicines reconciliation, medication review, and the use of patient decision aids.
The OraQuick HCV point‑of‑care test for rapid detection of hepatitis C virus antibodies (MIB24)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the OraQuick HCV point-of-care test for rapid detection of hepatitis C virus antibodies