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A range of fictional scenarios which show how NICE's guidelines and quality standards could be used by social workers in different settings.
An outline of the roles and responsibilities of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management (NG51)
This guideline covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of suspected sepsis. It includes recommendations on recognition and early assessment, initial treatment, escalating care, finding and controlling the source of infection, early monitoring, information and support, and training and education.
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Sections for NG51
- Overview
- Could this be sepsis?
- Face to face assessment
- Under 16s: evaluating risk and managing suspected sepsis
- Pregnant or recently pregnant people: evaluating risk and managing suspected sepsis
- Over 16s (not pregnant or recently pregnant): evaluating risk and managing suspected sepsis
- Antibiotic therapy, intravenous fluid and oxygen
- Finding and controlling the source of infection
This guideline covers managing COVID-19 in babies, children, young people and adults in community and hospital settings. It includes recommendations on communication, assessment, therapeutics for COVID-19, non-invasive respiratory support, preventing and managing acute complications, and identifying and managing co-infections.
Our health inequalities guidance supports strategies that improve population health as a whole, while offering particular benefit to the most disadvantaged
This guideline covers preventing, identifying and managing latent and active tuberculosis (TB) in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve ways of finding people who have TB in the community and recommends that everyone under 65 with latent TB should be treated. It describes how TB services should be organised, including the role of the TB control board.
A quick, easy way to access key information from NICE on social care topics.
Developing NICE guidelines: the manual
Angela sets out to understand some of the challenges, benefits and considerations of setting up and running a virtual ward, from the perspective of teams on the front lines.
This quality standard covers the initial assessment and management of suspected acute respiratory infection in over 16s, including acute respiratory infection virtual wards.
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Sections for QS210
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Documented initial assessment
- Quality statement 2: Prescribing antimicrobials
- Quality statement 3: Antibiotic duration
- Quality statement 4: Information about acute respiratory infection virtual wards
- Quality statement 5: Multidisciplinary team
- Quality statement 6: Support to self-manage on a virtual ward
- Quality statement 7: Virtual ward discharge summaries
This guideline covers rehabilitation after stroke for over 16s. It aims to ensure people are assessed for common problems and conditions linked to stroke, and get the care and therapy they need. It includes recommendations on the organisation and delivery of rehabilitation in hospital and the community.
Training resources for those working in social care
This guideline covers some aspects of assessing and managing hearing loss in primary, community and secondary care. It aims to improve the quality of life for adults with hearing loss by advising healthcare staff on assessing hearing difficulties, managing earwax and referring people for audiological or specialist assessment and management.
reablement take place in people's own homes or care homes. Bed-based intermediate care takes place in hospitals, care...
Help for care home managers and staff to prevent infection
This quality standard covers the clinical assessment and management of depression in adults aged 18 and over. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS8
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Assessment
- Quality statement 2: Discussing treatment options
- Quality statement 3: Preventing relapse
- Quality statement 4: Stopping antidepressants
- Quality statement 5: Access to services for adults from minority ethnic backgrounds
- Update information
- About this quality standard
Find out more about the types of organisations that can register to be a stakeholder at NICE.
YOURmeds for medication support in long-term conditions (MIB289)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on YOURmeds for medication support in long-term conditions .
This guideline covers assessment and early management of head injury in babies, children, young people and adults. It aims to ensure that people have the right care for the severity of their head injury, including direct referral to specialist care if needed.
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing urinary tract infections in adults aged 16 and over. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS90
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Diagnosing urinary tract infections in women under 65
- Quality statement 2: Diagnosing urinary tract infections in adults with catheters
- Quality statement 3: Antibiotic treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria in men and non-pregnant women
- Quality statement 4: Duration of antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infection
- Quality statement 5: Referring adults with recurrent urinary tract infection
- Update information
- About this quality standard
in different settings, for example emergency departments, residential care homes or virtual consultations when delivered by different...
with hip fracture admitted to hospital. Two-thirds of these come from care homes and the remainder from nursing homes. These people are...
2014 First social care guideline SC1 Managing medicines in care homes (March). First medicines practice guideline MPG1 Developing and...
Advocacy services for adults with health and social care needs (NG227)
This guideline covers advocacy for people using health and social care services in all adult settings (including young people under 18 using adult services). It describes how to commission and deliver effective advocacy, as well as identifying who should be offered advocacy (including who is legally entitled to it). It also covers monitoring and improving advocacy services, and training and skills for advocates and practitioners.
NICE quality improvement resource (QIR) for adult social care
NICE's impact on the experience that people with dementia have of care and support services
Neuropad for detecting preclinical diabetic peripheral neuropathy (MTG38)
Evidence-based recommendations on Neuropad for detecting preclinical diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
Evidence-based recommendations on ceftazidime with avibactam for treating severe drug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections....
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Cefiderocol for treating severe drug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections (HTE2)
Evidence-based recommendations on cefiderocol for treating severe drug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections....
A quick guide to creating a safeguarding culture
A quick guide to good practice in safeguarding training
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.
NICE quick guide - moving between hospital and home, including care homes
A quick and easy-to-read guide for care home managers about achieving good oral health in care homes.
This guideline aims to increase the uptake of all vaccines provided on the NHS routine UK immunisation schedule by everyone who is eligible. It supports the aims of the NHS Long Term Plan , which includes actions to improve immunisation coverage by GPs (including the changes to vaccinations and immunisations detailed in the 2021/2022 and 2022/23 GP contracts ) and support a narrowing of health inequalities.
A quick guide for registered managers of care homes and home care services supporting advance care planning
A quick guide to promoting positive mental wellbeing for older people
A quick guide for care home managers and home care managers providing medicines support
A quick guide to preventing pressure ulcers for managers of care homes
Pelvic floor dysfunction: prevention and non-surgical management (NG210)
This guideline covers the prevention, assessment and non-surgical management of pelvic floor dysfunction in women aged 12 and over. It aims to raise awareness and help women to reduce their risk of pelvic floor dysfunction. For women who have pelvic floor dysfunction, the guideline recommends interventions based on their specific symptoms.
This quality standard covers care for adults (aged 18 and over) who are approaching the end of their life. This includes people who are likely to die within 12 months, people with advanced, progressive, incurable conditions and people with life-threatening acute conditions. It also covers support for their families and carers. It includes care provided by health and social care staff in all settings. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
Patient Status Engine for wireless monitoring of vital signs (MIB271)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the Patient Status Engine for wireless monitoring of vital signs .
uptake given the aspect of reducing footfall into patient's homes and care homes to prevent risk of Covid-19. This also helped reduce...
Wigan Borough CCG has employed a team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to work with GP practices, residential and nursing homes to carry out structured medication reviews for care homes
The section of the NICEimpact report on social care that looks at people's experience of care and support
This guideline covers keeping adults in care homes safe from abuse and neglect. It includes potential indicators of abuse and neglect by individuals or organisations, and covers the safeguarding process from when a concern is first identified through to section 42 safeguarding enquiries. There are recommendations on policy, training, and care home culture, to improve care home staff awareness of safeguarding and ensure people can report concerns when needed.
NICE, PHE and SACN publish rapid COVID-19 guidance on vitamin D
NICE, PHE and SACN have today published rapid guidance on vitamin D for COVID-19.
QuickChange Incontinence Wrap for urinary incontinence in men (MIB237)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on QuickChange Incontinence Wrap for urinary incontinence in men .
NICE's support for rebuilding capacity in non-COVID health services
Director of our Centre for Guidelines, Paul Chrisp, discusses how NICE can help the NHS and wider care sector restore services most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Dorothy Hodgkinson from Finding Perspectives discusses the importance of safeguarding adults in care homes