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This guideline covers the organisation and provision of major trauma services in pre-hospital and hospital settings, including ambulance services, emergency departments, major trauma centres and trauma units. It aims to reduce deaths and disabilities in people with serious injuries by providing a systematic approach to the delivery of major trauma care. It does not cover services for people with burns.
This guideline covers assessing and managing non-complex fractures that can be treated in the emergency department or orthopaedic clinic. It aims to improve practice so that people with fractures receive the care that they need without unnecessary tests and treatments.
Learning disability: identifying and managing mental health problems (QS142)
This quality standard covers the prevention, assessment and management of mental health problems in people with learning disabilities in all settings (including health, social care, education, and forensic and criminal justice). It also covers family members, carers and care workers.
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- Quality statement 1: Annual health check
- Quality statement 2: Assessment by a professional with relevant expertise
- Quality statement 3: Key worker
- Quality statement 4: Tailoring psychological interventions
- Quality statement 5: Annually documenting the reasons for continuing antipsychotic drugs
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This guideline covers assessing and managing pelvic fractures, open fractures and severe ankle fractures (known as pilon fractures and intra-articular distal tibia fractures) in pre-hospital settings (including ambulance services), emergency departments and major trauma centres. It aims to reduce deaths and long-term health problems by improving the quality of emergency and urgent care.
This guideline covers the rapid identification and early management of major trauma in pre-hospital and hospital settings, including ambulance services, emergency departments, major trauma centres and trauma units. It aims to reduce deaths and disabilities in people with serious injuries by improving the quality of their immediate care. It does not cover care for people with burns.
Healthy workplaces: improving employee mental and physical health and wellbeing (QS147)
This quality standard covers the health and wellbeing of all employees, including their mental health. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover managing long-term sickness absence.
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This guideline covers the assessment and early management of spinal column and spinal cord injury in pre-hospital settings (including ambulance services), emergency departments and major trauma centres. It covers traumatic injuries to the spine but does not cover spinal injury caused by a disease. It aims to reduce death and disability by improving the quality of emergency and urgent care.
This guideline covers good practice for developing, authorising, using and updating patient group directions. It also offers advice on deciding whether a patient group direction is needed.
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In development Reference number: GID-TA10046 Expected publication date: 22 November 2017
Evidence-based recommendations on Memokath 051 Ureter stent for ureteric obstruction.
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The PLASMA system for transurethral resection and haemostasis of the prostate (MTG53)
Evidence-based recommendations on the PLASMA system for transurethral resection and haemostasis of the prostate.
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Evidence-based recommendations on Prontosan for treating acute and chronic wounds.
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Magtrace and Sentimag system for locating sentinel lymph nodes for breast cancer (MTG72)
Evidence-based recommendations on Magtrace and Sentimag system for locating sentinel lymph nodes for breast cancer.
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Evidence-based recommendations on ClearGuard HD antimicrobial barrier caps for preventing haemodialysis catheter-related bloodstream infections.
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Regorafenib for treating advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours [ID1056]
In development Reference number: GID-TA10089 Expected publication date: 15 November 2017