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NICE quality standards

A list of quality standards available from NICE

Click on the titles below to view the quality standards from the National Insitute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). You can also download the quality standards in PDF format (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDFs: download Acrobat now).

NICE quality standards are a set of specific, concise statements that act as markers of high-quality, cost-effective patient care, covering the treatment and prevention of different diseases and conditions.

Derived from the best available evidence such as NICE guidance and other evidence sources accredited by NHS Evidence, they are developed independently by NICE, in collaboration with the NHS and social care professionals, their partners and service users, and address three dimensions of quality: clinical effectiveness, patient safety and patient experience.

This work is central to supporting the Government's vision for an NHS focussed on delivering the best possible outcomes for patients.

NICE quality standards enable:

• Health and social care professionals to make decisions about care based on the latest evidence and best practice.
• Patients to understand what service they can expect from their health and social care providers.
• NHS Trusts to quickly and easily examine the clinical performance of their organisation and assess the standards of care they provide
• Commissioners to be confident that the services they are providing are high quality and cost effective

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Date	Title
2012 Apr	Lung cancer for adults
2012 Mar	Hip fracture for adults
2012 Feb	Patient experience in adult NHS services
2012 Jan	Service user experience in adult mental health
2011 Nov	End of life care for adults
2011 Sep	Breast cancer
2011 Aug	Alcohol dependence and harmful alcohol use
2011 Jul	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2011 Jun	Chronic heart failure
2011 Mar	Chronic kidney disease in adults