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tackle winter pressures, specifically around cold homes, social isolation, falls prevention and signposting to flu inoculations. These...
Excess winter deaths and illness and the health risks associated with cold homes (NG6)
This guideline covers reducing the health risks (including preventable deaths) associated with living in a cold home. It aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people vulnerable to the cold. Improving the temperature in homes, by improving energy efficiency, may also help reduce unnecessary fuel consumption.
discharges. Expedite discharges from residential care in Mansfield. Reducing falls by assessing and removing hazards in the home to...
should be considered when inpatient units are built, to reduce the risk of falls and injuries in older inpatients? Any explanatory...
medication. For the avoidance of any doubt, if a patient's clinical condition falls within the recommendation of a NICE technology...
This guideline covers complex rehabilitation needs after traumatic injury, including assessment and goal setting, rehabilitation plans and programmes, physical, psychological and cognitive rehabilitation, rehabilitation for specific injuries, coordination of rehabilitation in hospital, at discharge and in the community, and commissioning and organising rehabilitation services.
are given pedometers to encourage them to walk. Guidance for preventing falls in older people, (NICE CG161, 2013), recommends strength...
Guide to the technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies appeal process (pre June 2023)
A guide to intermediate care services that provide support for a short time to help you recover and increase your independence
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This quality standard covers the management of Parkinson’s disease in adults. It does not include treatment of parkinsonism not caused by Parkinson’s disease. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Point of contact with specialist services
- Quality statement 2: Information about impulse control disorders
- Quality statement 3: Referral to physiotherapy, occupational therapy or speech and language therapy
- Quality statement 4: Levodopa in hospital or a care home
- Quality statement 5: Access to clozapine for treating hallucinations and delusions
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Technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies appeals
Technology appraisal and Highly specialised technologies appeals
Tegaderm CHG securement dressing for vascular access sites in critically ill adults (MTG25)
Evidence-based recommendations on The 3M Tegaderm CHG IV securement dressing for central venous and arterial catheter insertion sites.
prescribed drugs in the hospital setting and yet the practice continues to fall short of NICE guidance (CG174), with significant gaps in...
Reducing incidence of Urinary Tract Infections by promoting hydration in care homes
risk of UTIs which can lead to multiple complications including confusion, falls, AKI and hospital admission. UTIs in the elderly are...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing atrial fibrillation in adults. It includes guidance on providing the best care and treatment for people with atrial fibrillation, including assessing and managing risks of stroke and bleeding.
Delirium: prevention, diagnosis and management in hospital and long-term care (CG103)
This guideline covers diagnosing and treating delirium in people aged 18 and over in hospital and in long-term residential care or a nursing home. It also covers identifying people at risk of developing delirium in these settings and preventing onset. It aims to improve diagnosis of delirium and reduce hospital stays and complications.
understand and work with people living with dementia. Dementia prevention still falls behind other health issues. More public awareness...
Sunitinib for the first-line treatment of advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (TA169)
Evidence-based recommendations on sunitinib (Sutent) for untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma in adults.
Dexcom G6 for real-time continuous glucose monitoring (MIB233)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on Dexcom G6 for real-time continuous glucose monitoring .
Mepilex Border Heel and Sacrum dressings for preventing pressure ulcers (MTG40)
Evidence-based recommendations on Mepilex Border Heel and Sacrum dressings for preventing pressure ulcers.
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quality of surgery has also improved over that period, with significant falls in peri-operative mortality, to some of the lowest levels...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing Parkinson's disease in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve care from the time of diagnosis, including monitoring and managing symptoms, providing information and support, and palliative care.
their reliance on BDZ and to reduce their risk of cognitive impairment and falls as described in NICE Key Therapeutic Topic - Hypnotics....
Our health inequalities guidance supports strategies that improve population health as a whole, while offering particular benefit to the most disadvantaged
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): assessment and management (NG49)
This guideline covers how to identify the adults, young people and children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who have advanced liver fibrosis and are most at risk of further complications. It outlines the lifestyle changes and pharmacological treatments that can manage NAFLD and advanced liver fibrosis.
Consultation on changes to technology appraisals and highly specialised technologies
NICE and NHS England have launched a 12 week consultation on changes to the arrangements for evaluating and funding drugs and other health technologies appraised through NICE’s Technology Appraisal (TA) and Highly Specialised Technologies (HST) programmes.
ODFS Pace and Pace XL functional electrical stimulation devices for treating drop foot (MIB56)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the ODFS Pace and Pace XL functional electrical stimulation devices for treating drop foot
This quality standard covers assessing and managing motor neurone disease, including care, support and planning after diagnosis. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Information and support at diagnosis
- Quality statement 2: Respiratory assessment and non-invasive ventilation
- Quality statement 3: Provision of equipment and adaptions based on multidisciplinary team assessment
- Quality statement 4: Continuity of care
- Quality statement 5: Planning for end of life care
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Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers (NG97)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease). It aims to improve care by making recommendations on training staff and helping carers to support people living with dementia.
This indicator covers the practice can produce a register of people with moderate to severe frailty. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes. This indicator was previously published as NM185
Depression in adults with a chronic physical health problem: recognition and management (CG91)
This guideline covers identifying, treating and managing depression in people aged 18 and over who also have a chronic physical health problem such as cancer, heart disease or diabetes. It aims to improve the care of people with a long-term physical health problem, which can cause or exacerbate depression. This has the potential to increase their quality of life and life expectancy.
Foslevodopa–foscarbidopa for treating advanced Parkinson's with motor symptoms (TA934)
Evidence-based recommendations on foslevodopa–foscarbidopa (Produodopa) for treating advanced Parkinson’s with motor symptoms in adults.
This guideline covers diagnosing and treating fertility problems. It aims to reduce variation in practice and improve the way fertility problems are investigated and managed.
Evidence-based recommendations on naltrexone (Nalorex) for managing opioid dependence in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on Kinesia 360 and KinesiaU (Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies), PDMonitor (PD Neurotechnology), Personal KinetiGraph (Global Kinetics) and STAT-ON (Sense4care) for remote monitoring of Parkinson’s disease
Evidence-based recommendations on dabrafenib (Tafinlar) plus trametinib (Mekinist) for BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in adults.
Sotagliflozin with insulin for treating type 1 diabetes (TA622)
Evidence-based recommendations on sotagliflozin with insulin for treating type 1 diabetes in adults with a body mass index (BMI) of at least 27 kg/m2 , when insulin alone does not provide adequate glycaemic control despite optimal insulin therapy.
Bortezomib and thalidomide for the first‑line treatment of multiple myeloma (TA228)
Evidence-based recommendations on bortezomib (Velcade) and thalidomide (Thalidomide Celgene) for treating multiple myeloma in adults.
This guideline covers identifying and managing otitis media with effusion (OME), also known as ‘glue ear’, in children younger than 12 years. It aims to improve hearing and quality of life in children with OME.
Active B12 assay for diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency (MIB40)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the Active-B12 assay for diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency
This quality standard covers assessment, early management and rehabilitation following head injury in adults, young people and children. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS74
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- Quality statement 1: CT head scans
- Quality statement 2: CT head scans for people taking anticoagulants
- Quality statement 3: CT cervical spine scans
- Quality statement 4: Provisional radiology reports
- Quality statement 5: Access to neuroscience units
- Quality statement 6: Inpatient rehabilitation for people with traumatic brain injury
- Quality statement 7: Community rehabilitation services for people (aged 16 and over) with traumatic brain injury
Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community (NG67)
This guideline covers medicines support for adults (aged 18 and over) who are receiving social care in the community. It aims to ensure that people who receive social care are supported to take and look after their medicines effectively and safely at home. It gives advice on assessing if people need help with managing their medicines, who should provide medicines support and how health and social care staff should work together.
Faculty of public health projects scheme (FPH) We have opportunities that fall under the FPHs Projects Scheme. Interested applicants...
NICE quality improvement resource (QIR) for adult social care
Dabrafenib for treating unresectable or metastatic BRAF V600 mutation‑positive melanoma (TA321)
Evidence-based recommendations on dabrafenib (Tafinlar) for treating unresectable or metastatic melanoma in adults with a BRAF V600 mutation.
Guide to the technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies appeal process (PMG41)
Guide to the technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies appeal process
Canagliflozin in combination therapy for treating type 2 diabetes (TA315)
Evidence-based recommendations on canagliflozin (Invokana) in combination therapy for treating type 2 diabetes in adults.
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.
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