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Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (NG80)
This guideline covers diagnosing, monitoring and managing asthma in adults, young people and children. It aims to improve the accuracy of diagnosis, help people to control their asthma and reduce the risk of asthma attacks. It does not cover managing severe asthma or acute asthma attacks.
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing gallstone disease in adults. It aims to reduce variation in care by promoting the most effective treatments, and to improve the advice given to people with gallstone disease before and after treatment.
Metastatic malignant disease of unknown primary origin in adults: diagnosis and management (CG104)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing secondary cancer in people aged 18 and over when the site of the primary cancer is unknown. This includes people who have had treatment for cancer before. It aims to improve quality of life by offering advice on tests for identifying the site of the primary cancer and options for managing the person’s condition.
This guideline covers helping adults and young people over 16 who are dependent on opioids to stop using drugs. It aims to reduce illicit drug use and improve people’s physical and mental health, relationships and employment.
Cenobamate for treating focal onset seizures in epilepsy (TA753)
Evidence-based recommendations on cenobamate (Ontozry) for treating focal onset seizures with or without secondary generalised seizures in adults with drug-resistant epilepsy that has not been adequately controlled with at least 2 antiseizure medicines.
Selpercatinib for treating advanced thyroid cancer with RET alterations (TA742)
Evidence-based recommendations on selpercatinib (Retsevmo) for advanced thyroid cancer with RET alterations in people 12 years and older.
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing common types of headache in adults and young people (aged 12 and over). It includes tension-type headache, migraine, cluster headache and medication overuse headache. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS42
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Classification of headache type
- Quality statement 2: Preventing medication overuse headache
- Quality statement 3: Imaging
- Quality statement 4: Combined treatment for migraine
- Quality statement 5 (placeholder): Raising public and professional awareness
- Update information
- About this quality standard
keep the patient very much in the centre of their care with regular patient/carer remote contact, ongoing assessment, monitoring,...
Cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract: assessment and management in people aged 16 and over (NG36)
This guideline covers assessing and managing cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract in people aged 16 and over. These are cancers of the airways of the head and neck, including the mouth, throat, larynx (voicebox) and sinuses. It aims to reduce variation in practice and improve survival.
This guideline covers needle and syringe programmes for people (including those under 16) who inject drugs. The main aim is to reduce the transmission of viruses and other infections caused by sharing injecting equipment, such as HIV, hepatitis B and C. In turn, this will reduce the prevalence of blood-borne viruses and bacterial infections, so benefiting wider society.
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
Evidence-based recommendations on trifluridine–tipiracil (Lonsurf) for treating metastatic gastric cancer or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults after 2 or more treatments.
born preterm on parents and carers:- Does enhanced developmental support and surveillance improve outcomes for the parents and...
This guideline 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. Parenteral nutrition is often needed by preterm babies, critically ill babies, and babies who need surgery.
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
Improving young people's experiences in transition to and from inpatient mental health settings
A quick guide for mental health practitioners supporting young people transitioning to and from inpatient mental health settings
Remsima (infliximab biosimilar) for subcutaneous injection for managing rheumatoid arthritis (ES29)
Summary of the evidence on remsima (infliximab biosimilar) for subcutaneous injection for managing rheumatoid arthritis
This guideline covers long-acting reversible contraception. It aims to increase the use of long-action reversible contraception by improving the information given to women about their contraceptive choices.
Medical technologies evaluation programme methods guide (PMG33)
Medical technologies evaluation programme methods guide
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 The medical technologies evaluation programme
- 3 Selecting and routing technologies
- 4 Principles for developing medical technologies guidance
- 5 Scope
- 6 Evidence and expert advice
- 7 Evidence synthesis and cost-consequence analysis
- 8 Evaluation of the evidence and decision-making by the committee
Acutely ill adults in hospital: recognising and responding to deterioration (CG50)
This guideline covers how patients in hospital should be monitored to identify those whose health may become worse suddenly and the care they should receive. It aims to reduce the risk of patients needing to stay longer in hospital, not recovering fully or dying. It doesn’t specifically cover the care of children, patients in critical care areas or those in the final stages of a terminal illness.
This quality standard covers the mental wellbeing of older people (aged 65 and over) receiving care in care homes (including residential and nursing accommodation, day care and respite care). It focuses on support for people to improve their mental wellbeing so that they can stay as well and independent as possible. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Participation in meaningful activity
- Quality statement 2: Personal identity
- Quality statement 3: Recognition of mental health conditions
- Quality statement 4: Recognition of sensory impairment
- Quality statement 5: Recognition of physical problems
- Quality statement 6: Access to healthcare services
- Update information
Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (TA217)
Evidence-based recommendations on donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl), rivastigmine (Exelon) and memantine (Ebixa) for treating Alzheimer's disease in adults.
Reducing incidence of Urinary Tract Infections by promoting hydration in care homes
chart [NICE NG22] Good Practice Guidance (GPG) for GPs and carers and use of FORM U1. Carers, nurses, activity...
This guideline covers the routine antenatal care that women and their babies should receive. It aims to ensure that pregnant women are offered regular check-ups, information and support. We have also published a guideline on postnatal care , which covers the topics of emotional attachment and baby feeding.
better at reducing noisy respiratory secretions and patient, family and carer distress without causing unwanted side effects, than...
A range of fictional scenarios which show how NICE's guidelines and quality standards could be used by social workers in different settings.
Understand how NICE guidance and quality standards can help you in your role.
cry a lot The injury is caused by a parent most often the male partner/carer Simple clear advice from midwives health visitors and other...
the management of flares do people with osteoarthritis, their family and carers need after diagnosis? - What information do people with...
This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection.
ID NG76/13 Question Effective interventions for parents or carers with substance misuse problems:- What interventions, including family...
This quality standard covers identifying and supporting adults and young people (aged 10 and over) who may have an alcohol-use disorder and caring for people with alcohol-related health problems, as well as support for their families and carers. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Use of validated alcohol questionnaires
- Quality statement 2: Community support networks and self-help groups
- Quality statement 3: Triage assessment in specialist alcohol services
- Quality statement 4: Acute alcohol withdrawal
- Quality statement 5: Interventions to prevent relapse after unplanned withdrawal from alcohol in hospital
- Update information
- About this quality standard
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in people aged 16 years and over. It aims to improve care for people with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by promoting the best tests for diagnosis and staging and the most effective treatments for 6 of the subtypes. Tests and treatments covered include excision biopsy, radiotherapy, immunochemotherapy and stem cell transplantation.
This guideline covers managing acute and chronic pancreatitis in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve quality of life by ensuring that people have the right treatment and follow-up, and get timely information and support after diagnosis.
submission, we suggest viewing the short videos we produced with patients and carers: English language version Cymraeg version...
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 recognising, assessing and treating mental health problems in women planning, during or after pregnancy (up to a year after childbirth). It also covers the organisation of mental health services for women during and after pregnancy. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS115
- Introduction
- List of quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Valproate
- Quality statement 2: Pre-conception information
- Quality statement 3: Information for pregnant women
- Quality statement 4: Asking about mental health and wellbeing
- Quality statement 5: Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Quality statement 6: Psychological interventions
Community pharmacies: promoting health and wellbeing (NG102)
This guideline covers how community pharmacies can help maintain and improve people’s physical and mental health and wellbeing, including people with a long-term condition. It aims to encourage more people to use community pharmacies by integrating them within existing health and care pathways and ensuring they offer standard services and a consistent approach. It requires a collaborative approach from individual pharmacies and their representatives, local authorities and other commissioners.
Rifaximin for preventing episodes of overt hepatic encephalopathy (TA337)
Evidence-based recommendations on rifaximin (Targaxan) for preventing episodes of hepatic encephalopathy in adults.
This indicator covers the percentage of patients newly diagnosed with diabetes, on the register, in the preceding 1 April to 31 March who have a record of being referred to a structured education programme within 9 months after entry on to the diabetes register. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes. This indicator was previously published as NM27
This guideline covers antenatal care for all pregnant women with complex social factors (particularly alcohol or drug misuse, recent migrant or asylum seeker status, difficulty reading or speaking English, aged under 20, domestic abuse). It offers advice on improving access to care, maintaining contact with antenatal carers, and additional information and support for these women.
neutropenic sepsis and their carers should be undertaken to find out what types of support and information patients and...
This guideline covers supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of vulnerable children under 5 through home visiting, childcare and early education. It aims to optimise care for young children who need extra support because they have or are at risk of social or emotional problems.
This guideline covers assigning recall intervals between oral health reviews that are appropriate to the needs of individual patients. The guideline takes account of the effect of dental checks on: people’s wellbeing, general health and preventive habits; caries incidence and avoiding restorations; periodontal health and avoiding tooth loss; and avoiding pain and anxiety. It aims to improve or maintain patients’ quality of life and reduce morbidity associated with oral and dental disease.
Regorafenib for treating advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours [ID1056]
In development [GID-TA10089] Expected publication date: 15 November 2017
This guideline covers the diagnosing and managing of myeloma (including smouldering myeloma and primary plasma cell leukaemia) in people aged 16 and over. It aims to improve care for people with myeloma by promoting the most effective tests and treatments for myeloma and its complications.
Details, meeting dates and minutes of the independent technology appraisal committees
This guideline covers prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products for people with intractable nausea and vomiting, chronic pain, spasticity and severe treatment-resistant epilepsy.
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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and carers?What are the views and experiences of people with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges and their family...