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A list of published clinical and patient guidance from NICE

The following clinical guidelines can be found on the NICE website, by following the links below.

NICE publish versions of clinical guidance aimed at patients, families, carers and the public. The following patient guidelines can be found on the NICE website, by following the links below.

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Ref.   Title Guidelines Issue Date Review Date
CG139 [+] Infection: prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in primary and community care nhs accred clinical patient March 2012 TBC
CG138 [+] Patient experience in adult NHS services: improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS services nhs accred clinical patient February 2012 TBC
CG137 [+] The epilepsies: the diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care nhs accred clinical patient January 2012 TBC
CG136 [+] Service user experience in adult mental health: improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS mental health services nhs accred clinical patient December 2011 TBC
CG135 [+] Organ donation for transplantation: improving donor identification and consent rates for deceased organ donation nhs accred clinical patient December 2011 TBC
CG134 [+] Anaphylaxis: assessment to confirm an anaphylactic episode and the decision to refer after emergency treatment for a suspected anaphylactic episode  nhs accred clinical patient December 2011 TBC
CG133 [+] Self-harm: longer-term management nhs accred clinical patient November 2011 TBC
CG132 [+] Caesarean section nhs accred clinical patient November 2011 TBC
CG131 [+] Colorectal cancer: the diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer nhs accred clinical patient November 2011 TBC
CG130 [+] Hyperglycaemia in acute coronary syndromes: management of hyperglycaemia in acute coronary syndromes nhs accred clinical patient October 2011 TBC
CG129 [+] Multiple pregnancy - The management of twin and triplet pregnancies in the antenatal period nhs accred clinical patient September 2011 TBC
CG128 [+] Autism - Recognition, referral and diagnosis of children and young people on the autism spectrum nhs accred clinical patient September 2011 TBC
CG127 [+] Hypertension: clinical management of primary hypertension in adults nhs accred clinical patient August 2011 TBC
CG126 [+] Management of stable angina nhs accred clinical patient July 2011 TBC
CG125 [+] Peritoneal dialysis: peritoneal dialysis in the treatment of stage 5 chronic kidney disease nhs accred clinical patient July 2011 July 2014
CG124 [+] Hip fracture  nhs accred clinical patient June 2011 June 2014
CG123 [+] Common mental health disorders  nhs accred clinical patient May 2011 TBC
CG122 [+] Ovarian cancer  nhs accred clinical patient April 2011 TBC
CG121 [+] Lung cancer  nhs accred clinical patient April 2011 TBC
CG120 [+] Psychosis with coexisting substance misuse  nhs accred clinical patient March 2011 TBC
CG119 [+] Diabetic foot problems - inpatient management  nhs accred clinical patient March 2011 TBC
CG118 [+] Colonoscopic surveillance for prevention of colorectal cancer in people with ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or adenomas  nhs accred clinical patient March 2011 TBC
CG117 [+] Tuberculosis  nhs accred clinical patient March 2011 TBC
CG116 [+] Breast cancer - bevacizumab (in combination with a taxane)  nhs accred clinical patient Feb 2011 TBC
CG115 [+] Alcohol dependence and harmful alcohol use  nhs accred clinical patient Feb 2011 TBC

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The recommendations from NICE cover:

  • Standard principles:
    • general advice
    • hand decontamination
    • use of personal protective treatment
    • safe use and disposal of sharps
    • waste disposal
  • Long-term urinary catheters
  • Enteral feeding
  • Vascular access devices.

The recommendations from NICE cover:

  • Knowing the patient as an individual
  • Essential requirements of care, including:
    • respect for the patient
    • patient concerns
    • nutrition
  • Tailoring healthcare services for each patient
  • Continuity of care and relationships
  • Enabling patients to actively participate in their care.

The recommendations from NICE cover:

  • Coping with epilepsy
  • Diagnosis
  • Investigations
  • Pharmacological treatment
  • Psychological interventions
  • Referral for complex or refractory epilepsy
  • Provision of information.

The recommendations from NICE cover:

  • Care and support across all points on the care pathway:
    • Relationships and communication
    • Providing information
    • Decisions, capacity, and safeguarding
  • Access to care
  • Community care
  • Assessment and referral in a crisis.

The recommendations from NICE cover:

  • Identifying patients who are potential donors
  • Seeking consent to organ donation
  • Approaching people who are close to the patient
  • Discussions in all cases
  • Organisation of the identification, referral, and consent processes.

The recommendations from NICE cover:

  • Documenting the suspected anaphylactic reaction
  • Confirming the anaphylactic reaction
  • Care of adults and young people aged 16 years or older
  • Care of children younger than 16 years
  • Follow up to emergency treatment.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Presentation in primary care
    • Psychosocial assessment in community mental health services and other specialist mental health settings: integrated and comprehensive assessment of needs and risks
    • Longer-term treatment and management of self-harm, including:
      • care plans
      • risk management plans
      • interventions for self-harm
    • Treating associated mental health conditions.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Woman-centred care, including:
      • provision of information
      • planning mode of birth
    • Planned caesarean section
    • Factors affecting likelihood of caesarean section during intrapartum care
    • Care of the woman and baby after caesarean section
    • Recovery following caesarean section
    • Pregnancy and childbirth after caesarean section.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Diagnostic investigations
    • Staging of colorectal cancer
    • Management of local disease, including:
      • preoperative management of the primary tumour
      • colonic stents in acute large bowel obstruction
      • laparoscopic surgery
    • Management of metastatic disease
    • Ongoing care and support, including:
      • follow up after apparently curative resection
      • information about bowel function.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Managing hyperglycaemia in inpatients within 48 hours of acute coronary syndromes (ACS)
    • Identifying patients with hyperglycaemia after ACS who are at high risk of developing diabetes
    • Advice and ongoing monitoring for patients with hyperglycaemia after ACS and without known diabetes.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Determining gestational age and chorionicity
    • General care including:
      • diet, lifestyle, and nutritional supplements
      • specialist care
    • Fetal complications
    • Maternal complications
    • Timing of birth.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Set up of a local pathway for recognition, referral, and diagnostic assessment
    • Recognition of children and young people with possible autism
    • Referral of children and young people to the autism team
    • Autism diagnostic assessment for children and young people
    • Medical investigations.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Measuring blood pressure
    • Diagnosing hypertension
    • Assessing cardiovascular risk and target organ damage
    • Lifestyle interventions
    • Choosing antihypertensive drug treatment
    • Blood-pressure targets

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Information and support for people with stable angina
    • General principles for treating people with stable angina, including:
      • preventing and treating episodes of angina
      • drugs for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
      • dietary supplements
    • Anti-anginal drug treatment
    • Investigation and revascularisation.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Information and support
    • Choosing dialysis
    • Switching treatment modalities.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • timing of surgery
    • analgesia
    • planning the theatre team
    • surgical procedures
    • mobilisation strategies
    • multidisciplinary management
    • patient and carer information.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Improving access to services
    • Identification and assessment, including:
      • antenatal and postnatal mental health
      • risk assessment and monitoring
    • Treatment and referral for treatment, including:
      • identifying the correct treatment options
      • treatment and referral advice to help prevent relapse
    • Developing local care pathways.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Detection in primary care
    • Establishing the diagnosis in secondary care
      • Management of:
      • suspected early (stage I) ovarian cancer
      • advanced (stage II-IV) ovarian cancer
    • Support needs of women with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Access to service and referral
    • Diagnosis and staging
    • Management including:
      • selection of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer for treatment with curative intent
      • combination treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer
    • Follow up and patient perspectives.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Principles of care, including:
      • working with and supporting families, carers, and significant others
      • safeguarding issues
      • consent, capacity, and treatment decisions
    • Recognition of psychosis with coexisting substance misuse
    • The role of:
      • primary care
      • secondary care mental health services
      • substance misuse services.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Initial examination and assessment
    • Investigation of suspected diabetic foot infection
    • Management of diabetic foot infection
    • Management of diabetic foot ulcers:
      • debridement, dressings, and off-loading
      • adjunctive treatments
    • Assessment of suspected limb ischaemia.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Identifying individuals with inflammatory bowel disease or adenomas who should be offered colonoscopic surveillance
    • Colonoscopic surveillance techniques in people with inflammatory bowel disease or adenomas
    • Frequency of surveillance depending on level of risk of developing colorectal cancer
    • Providing information and support.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Diagnosis of latent and active tuberculosis
    • Management of respiratory tuberculosis, including:
      • drug treatment
      • infection control
    • Management of non-respiratory and latent tuberculosis
    • Monitoring, adherence, and treatment completion
    • Risk assessment and infection control in drug-resistant tuberculosis.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Assessment and allergy focused clinical history
    • Diagnosis of IgE- and non-IgE-mediated food allergy
    • Provision of information and support to the child or young person and their parent or carer
    • Referral to secondary or specialist care
    • Alternative diagnostic tools.

    The recommendations from NICE cover:

    • Principles of care
    • Identification and assessment
    • Interventions for alcohol misuse, including:
      • general principles
      • care coordination and case management
      • harmful drinking and mild alcohol dependence
      • assessment, interventions, and drug regimens for assisted alcohol withdrawal
      • co-morbid conditions
    • Special consideration for children and young people.