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This asthma pathway signposts recommendations and resources from the British Thoracic Society (BTS), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) on diagnosing, monitoring and managing asthma in adults, young people and children, so you can see what guidance is available all in one place.
This quality standard covers managing prostate cancer in people referred to secondary care or having follow-up for prostate cancer in primary care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Discussion with a named nurse specialist
- Quality statement 2: Treatment options
- Quality statement 3: Combination therapy
- Quality statement 4: Managing adverse effects of treatment
- Quality statement 5: Hormone-relapsed metastatic prostate cancer
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Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management (NG65)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing spondyloarthritis that is suspected or confirmed in adults who are 16 years or older. It aims to raise awareness of the features of spondyloarthritis and provide clear advice on what action to take when people with signs and symptoms first present in healthcare settings. It also provides advice on the range of treatments available.
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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- 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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This quality standard covers the prevention, diagnosis and management of delirium in adults (aged 18 and over) in hospital or long-term care settings (such as residential care or nursing homes). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Assessing recent changes that may indicate delirium
- Quality statement 2: Interventions to prevent delirium
- Quality statement 3: Use of antipsychotic medication for people who are distressed
- Quality statement 4: Information and support
- Quality statement 5: Communication of diagnosis to GPs
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This quality standard covers the identification and management of familial and genetic risk and the recognition and management of ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer or borderline ovarian cancer in women, trans men and non-binary people aged 18 and over with female reproductive organs (ovaries, fallopian tubes or a uterus). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Discussion about risk-reducing surgery
- Quality statement 2 (placeholder): CA125 blood test – age-specific thresholds
- Quality statement 3: Panel germline genetic testing for non-mucinous high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer
- Quality statement 4: Tumour genetic testing for stage 3 or 4 non-mucinous high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer
- Quality statement 5: Treatment of high-risk stage 1 or stage 2 to 4 ovarian cancer
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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).
Suspected neurological conditions: recognition and referral (QS198)
This quality standard covers assessing and referring children (under 16) and adults (16 and over) who have symptoms or signs associated with neurological conditions. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Headaches and 'red flag' symptoms in children
- Quality statement 2: Head size and shape in children
- Quality statement 3: Suspected dystonia in adults
- Quality statement 4: Hallpike manoeuvre for adults
- Quality statement 5: Functional neurological disorders in adults
- Quality statement 6: Individualised care for adults
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This quality standard covers care and support and services for children, young people and adults with a learning disability (or a learning disability and autism) and behaviour that challenges, and their families and carers. It describes high quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Lead commissioner
- Quality statement 2: Annual health check
- Quality statement 3: Initial assessment of behaviour that challenges
- Quality statement 4: Named lead practitioner
- Quality statement 5: Involving families and carers
- Quality statement 6: Parent-training programmes
- Quality statement 7: Personalised daily activities
Intrapartum care: existing medical conditions and obstetric complications (QS192)
This quality standard covers care during labour and birth for women who need extra support because they have a medical condition or complications in their current or previous pregnancy. It also covers women who have had no antenatal care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover the antenatal and postnatal care of pregnant women with mental health conditions, hypertension in pregnancy, diabetes in pregnancy or the organisation of care for pregnant women with complex social factors.
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- Quality statement 1: Involving women in care planning
- Quality statement 2: Composition of the multidisciplinary team
- Quality statement 3: Heart disease – risk assessment
- Quality statement 4: Assessment and antibiotic treatment for suspected sepsis
- Quality statement 5: Women with no antenatal care
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This quality standard covers the diagnosis and management of cataracts, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the prevention of sight loss. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Referral – chronic open angle glaucoma and related conditions
- Quality statement 2: Referral for cataract surgery
- Quality statement 3: Treatment – late age-related macular degeneration (wet active)
- Quality statement 4: Monitoring late age-related macular degeneration (wet active)
- Quality statement 5: Reassessment – chronic open angle glaucoma or related conditions
- Quality statement 6: Certificate of vision impairment
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This quality standard covers parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding) for babies born preterm, up to 28 days after their due birth date, and babies born at term, up to 28 days after their birth. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
This quality standard covers assessing, diagnosing and managing chronic heart failure in adults (aged 18 and over). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. Statements cover adults with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and adults with chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, unless otherwise stated.
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- Quality statement 1: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide measurement
- Quality statement 2: Specialist assessment
- Quality statement 3: Medication for newly diagnosed and pre-existing chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
- Quality statement 4: Review after changes in medication
- Quality statement 5: Review of people with chronic heart failure
- Quality statement 6: Cardiac rehabilitation
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Cardiovascular risk assessment and lipid modification (QS100)
This quality standard covers identifying and assessing cardiovascular risk in adults without cardiovascular disease, and treatment to prevent primary and secondary cardiovascular disease. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Identifying adults who are likely to be at high risk
- Quality statement 2: Diet and lifestyle advice for primary prevention
- Quality statement 3: Lipid-lowering treatment for primary prevention
- Quality statement 4: Assessing response to lipid-lowering treatment
- Quality statement 5: Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
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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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