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This guideline covers assessing the risk of fragility fracture in people aged 18 and over with osteoporosis. It aims to provide guidance on the selection and use of risk assessment tools in the care of adults at risk of fragility fractures in all NHS settings.

Result type

Clinical guideline

Last updated

7 February 2017

This guideline covers preventing and managing inadvertent hypothermia in people aged 18 and over having surgery. It offers advice on assessing patients’ risk of hypothermia, measuring and monitoring temperature, and devices for keeping patients warm before, during and after surgery.

Result type

Clinical guideline

Last updated

14 December 2016

This indicator covers the percentage of patients with diabetes with a record of a foot examination and risk classification: 1) low risk (normal sensation, palpable pulses), 2) increased risk (neuropathy or absent pulses), 3) high risk (neuropathy or absent pulses plus deformity or skin changes or previous ulcer) or 4) ulcerated foot within the preceding 15 months. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes. This indicator was previously published as NM13

Result type

General practice indicators suitable for use in QOF

Last updated

31 March 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on laparoscopic gastric plication for the treatment of morbid obesity. This involves folding the stomach in on itself and stitching it together to reduce its volume.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 November 2012

This guideline covers recognising, assessing and treating social anxiety disorder (also known as ‘social phobia’) in children and young people (from school age to 17 years) and adults (aged 18 years and older). It aims to improve symptoms, educational, occupational and social functioning, and quality of life in people with social anxiety disorder.

Result type

Clinical guideline

Published

22 May 2013

This quality standard covers prevention, behavioural management, assessment, and treatment of overweight, obesity and central adiposity in children and young people aged over 2 years, and adults. This includes those with established comorbidities, and those with risk factors for other medical conditions. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.

Result type

Quality standard

Published

5 August 2025

Evidence-based recommendations on photodynamic therapy for advanced bronchial carcinoma. This involves giving the patient something that makes them sensitive to light, then using special equipment to shine light onto the cancer to activate the substance and destroy some of the cancer.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

25 August 2004

This quality standard covers care for women of any age (including girls and young women under 18) who request an abortion. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.

Result type

Quality standard

Published

26 January 2021

This quality standard covers diagnosing, monitoring and managing asthma in children, young people and adults. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.

Result type

Quality standard

Last updated

20 September 2018

This guideline covers managing cataracts in adults aged 18 and over. It aims to improve care before, during and after cataract surgery by optimising service organisation, referral and surgical management, and reducing complications. It further aims to improve the availability of information for people with cataracts before, during and after cataract surgery.

Result type

NICE guideline

Published

26 October 2017

This guideline covers diagnosing and managing renal cell carcinoma in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve care by helping healthcare professionals offer people the right treatments and support, taking into account the person’s individual preferences.

Result type

NICE guideline

Published

19 March 2026

This indicator covers the percentage of patients with diabetes on the register, aged 79 years and under without moderate or severe frailty, in whom the last blood pressure reading (measured in the preceding 12 months) is less than 135/85 mmHg if using ambulatory or home monitoring, or less than 140/90 mmHg if measured in clinic. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes. This indicator was previously published as NM233

Result type

General practice indicators suitable for use in QOF

Published

19 August 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on the lumbar infusion test for the investigation of normal pressure hydrocephalus. This involves inserting a lumbar needle into the spinal sac, recording the pressure of the CSF as fluid is infused into the sac.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

25 June 2008

This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ‘long COVID’. It makes recommendations on care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and young people who have new or ongoing symptoms 4 weeks or more after the start of acute COVID-19. It also includes advice on organising services for long COVID.

Result type

COVID-19 rapid guideline

Last updated

25 January 2024

This quality standard covers health and social care services for adults, young people and children with autism. It includes assessment and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, and care and support for people diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.

Result type

Quality standard

Published

21 January 2014