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Neonatal infection: antibiotics for prevention and treatment (NG195)
This guideline covers preventing bacterial infection in healthy babies of up to and including 28 days corrected gestational age, treating pregnant women whose unborn baby is at risk of infection, and caring for babies of up to and including 28 days corrected gestational age with a suspected or confirmed bacterial infection. It aims to reduce delays in recognising and treating infection and prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics. The guideline does not cover viral infections.
This document is one of a series describing the processes and methods that NICE uses to carry out technology appraisals. It focuses on the technology appraisal processes
This guideline covers safe midwifery staffing in all maternity settings, including at home, in the community, in day assessment units, in obstetric units, and in units led by midwives (both alongside hospitals and free-standing). It aims to improve maternity care by giving advice on monitoring staffing levels and actions to take if there are not enough midwives to meet the needs of women and babies in the service.
Methods for the development of NICE public health guidance (third edition) (PMG4)
This manual describes the methods used by the Centre for Public Health Excellence (CPHE) in NICE to develop and update public health guidance
Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence (NG209)
This guideline covers support to stop smoking for everyone aged 12 and over, and help to reduce people's harm from smoking if they are not ready to stop in one go. It also covers ways to prevent children, young people and young adults aged 24 and under from taking up smoking.
NICE technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies guidance: the manual (PMG36)
This guide describes the methods and processes, including expected timescales, that NICE follows when carrying out health technology evaluations. The methods and processes are designed to produce robust guidance for the NHS in an open, transparent and timely way, with appropriate contribution from stakeholders. Organisations invited to contribute to health technology evaluation development should read this manual in conjunction with the NICE health technology evaluation topic selection: the manual. All documents are available on the NICE website
New guideline will help cut falls and related hospital admissions for older and at-risk people
Personalised assessments that consider factors including the hazards in a person’s home, and their previous medical history will help reduce falls in older and at-risk people, according to a new NICE guideline.
Annual BMI checks recommended for adults with long-term conditions
We've published a draft quality standard calling for yearly BMI and waist-to-height measurements to help prevent weight-related complications.
Using our guidance and resources in continuing professional development (CPD)
Registered social workers must demonstrate the use of evidence and research to inform their practice in order to meet professional standards. This is echoed in Social Work England’s continuing professional development (CPD) standards.
One year on from the first national lockdown, NICE has today (23 March) published a single guideline for the management of COVID-19 in children and adults.
Hundreds of children with type 2 diabetes to be offered choice of two life changing technologies
Children with type 2 diabetes who currently manage their condition with the stressful task of finger prick testing several times a day could be offered a choice between two ‘life changing’ technologies to virtually automate the process.