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This quality standard covers the care of pregnant women or pregnant people who are considering having or may need to have a caesarean birth, including those who have had a caesarean birth in the past. It includes decision making, reducing the risk of complications and care after a caesarean birth. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Vaginal birth after a caesarean birth
- Quality statement 2: Request for a caesarean birth: maternity team involvement
- Quality statement 3: Request for a caesarean birth: anxiety
- Quality statement 4: Consultant obstetrician involvement in decision making for planned caesarean birth
- Quality statement 5: Timing of planned caesarean birth
- Quality statement 6: Consultant obstetrician involvement in decision making for unplanned caesarean birth
- Quality statement 7: The use of fetal blood sampling
This quality standard covers blood transfusion and reducing the requirements for blood transfusion in adults, young people and children aged 1 year and over. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover use of tranexamic acid for surgery during pregnancy or labour or blood transfusion during pregnancy or labour.
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This quality standard covers sexual health, focusing on preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Asking people about their sexual history
- Quality statement 2: Discussing prevention and testing with people who are at risk of sexually transmitted infections
- Quality statement 3: Condom distribution schemes
- Quality statement 4: Access to sexual health services
- Quality statement 5: Repeat testing for sexually transmitted infections
- Quality statement 6: Partner notification
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This quality standard covers assessing and managing trauma (complex fractures, non-complex fractures, major trauma and spinal injury) in adults, young people and children. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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This quality standard covers preventing dementia, and assessment, management and health and social care support for people with dementia. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Raising awareness – health promotion interventions
- Quality statement 2: Diagnosis
- Quality statement 3: Advance care planning
- Quality statement 4: Coordinating care
- Quality statement 5: Activities to promote wellbeing
- Quality statement 6: Managing distress
- Quality statement 7: Supporting carers
This quality standard covers preventing further cardiovascular disease after a myocardial infarction (heart attack). It includes assessment and cardiac rehabilitation. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Assessment of left ventricular function
- Quality statement 2: Referral for cardiac rehabilitation
- Quality statement 3: Communication with primary care
- Quality statement 4: Cardiac rehabilitation – assessment appointment
- Quality statement 5 (developmental): Options for cardiac rehabilitation
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This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing spondyloarthritis in adults aged 16 and over. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
This quality standard covers assessing, diagnosing and managing rheumatoid arthritis in over 16s. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
Dyspepsia and gastro‑oesophageal reflux disease in adults (QS96)
This quality standard covers investigating and managing symptoms of dyspepsia (indigestion) and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (heartburn or reflux) in adults (aged 18 and over). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Advice to support self-management
- Quality statement 2: Urgent endoscopy
- Quality statement 3: Testing conditions for Helicobacter pylori
- Quality statement 4: Discussion about referral for non-urgent endoscopy
- Quality statement 5: Referral to a specialist service
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This quality standard covers promoting health and preventing premature mortality among black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups. It is relevant to all age groups and all settings.
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- Quality statement 1: Designing health and wellbeing programmes
- Quality statement 2: Peer and lay roles
- Quality statement 3: Referring people at high risk of type 2 diabetes
- Quality statement 4: Cardiac rehabilitation
- Quality statement 5: Support for people with mental health problems
- Quality statement 6: Physical health checks for people with serious mental illness
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We are listening to your views on this NICE guideline. Comments close 27 May 2026.
This quality standard covers managing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (gradual scarring of the lungs) in adults. It includes diagnosis by a multidisciplinary team, managing symptoms and palliative care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Quality statement 2: Access to a specialist nurse
- Quality statement 3: Assessment for oxygen therapy
- Quality statement 4: Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Quality statement 5: Palliative care
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This quality standard covers assessing, diagnosing and managing physical health problems of adults aged 18 years and older in prisons or young offender institutes. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Medicines reconciliation
- Quality statement 2: Second-stage health assessment
- Quality statement 3: Blood-borne viruses and sexually transmitted infections
- Quality statement 4: Lead care coordinator
- Quality statement 5: Medicines on transfer or discharge
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- About this quality standard
Our centralised approach to prioritising guidance topics ensures that we produce guidance that is relevant, timely, accessible, and has demonstrable impact.
This guideline covers identifying children, young people and adults with symptoms that could be caused by cancer. It outlines appropriate investigations in primary care, and selection of people to refer for a specialist opinion. It aims to help people understand what to expect if they have symptoms that may suggest cancer.
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- Overview
- Introduction
- Recommendations organised by site of cancer
- Recommendations on patient support, safety netting and the diagnostic process
- Recommended actions organised by symptom and findings of primary care investigations
- Terms used in this guideline
- Recommendations for research
- Rationale and impact