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  1. Forward view - our priority topics

    Our forward view highlights the topics we will prioritise in the coming year.

  2. Multiple pregnancy: twin and triplet pregnancies (QS46)

    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.

  3. Diabetes: gestational diabetes annual HbA1c test (IND173)

    This indicator covers the percentage of women who have had gestational diabetes, diagnosed more than 12 months ago, who have had an HbA1c test in the preceding 12 months. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes. This indicator was previously published as NM151

  4. Neonatal infection (QS75)

    This quality standard covers preventing bacterial infection in newborn babies, treating pregnant women and pregnant people whose babies are at risk of infection, and treating newborn babies with suspected or confirmed bacterial infection. It includes when to give antibiotics to prevent and treat neonatal bacterial infection and describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. This includes early-onset (within 72 hours of birth) and late-onset (between 72 hours and 28 days following birth) neonatal infection.

  5. Postnatal care up to 8 weeks after birth (CG37)

    This guideline has been replaced by NICE guideline NG194.

  6. Hepatitis B (chronic): diagnosis and management (CG165)

    This guideline covers assessing and managing chronic hepatitis B in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve care for people with hepatitis B by specifying which tests and treatments to use for people of different ages and with different disease severities.

  7. Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial management (NG126)

    This guideline covers diagnosing and managing ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage in women with complications, such as pain and bleeding, in early pregnancy (that is, up to 13 completed weeks of pregnancy). It aims to improve how early pregnancy loss is diagnosed, and the support women are given, to limit the psychological impact of their loss.

  8. What is the impact of pharmacological interventions for the management of postpartum haemorrhage on breastfeeding and women's and their birth companions' experience and satisfaction in the postnatal period?

    women's and their birth companions' experience and satisfaction in the postnatal period? Any explanatory notes(if applicable) For a...

  9. What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of intravenous compared with oral antibiotics for preventing postnatal infections after birth with forceps or ventouse?

    effectiveness of intravenous compared with oral antibiotics for preventing postnatal infections after birth with forceps or ventouse?...

  10. Depression in adults: treatment and management (NG222)

    This guideline covers identifying, treating and managing depression in people aged 18 and over. It recommends treatments for first episodes of depression and further-line treatments, and provides advice on preventing relapse, and managing chronic depression, psychotic depression and depression with a coexisting diagnosis of personality disorder.

  11. Drug misuse prevention: targeted interventions (NG64)

    This guideline covers targeted interventions to prevent misuse of drugs, including illegal drugs, ‘legal highs’ and prescription-only medicines. It aims to prevent or delay harmful use of drugs in children, young people and adults who are most likely to start using drugs or who are already experimenting or using drugs occasionally.

  12. Nutrition: improving maternal and child nutrition (QS98)

    January 2025: This quality standard has been stood down. Quality statements on maternal and child nutrition can be found in the NICE quality standards on antenatal care and postnatal care.

  13. Are interventions designed to improve the quality of the mother–baby relationship in the first year after childbirth effective in women with a diagnosed mental health problem?

    interactions in women without a diagnosed mental health problem) against standard care. The trial should report the following outcomes,...

  14. What is the best technique for delivering surfactant in a minimally invasive manner?

    surfactant to preterm babies needing invasive ventilation in the early postnatal period, based on good evidence and extensive clinical...