Audit and service improvement

These resources provide help with planning ahead for NICE guidance, understanding where you are now, and conducting improvement initiatives.

Resource planner

The planner helps you plan and implement NICE guidance. Use it to:

  • view upcoming NICE guidance
  • get indicative costs or savings for upcoming guidance
  • understand the resource implications of published guidance.

Into practice guide

Help for local health and social care provider organisations to implement our guidance and use our quality standards to improve the quality of care they provide.

It is a source of practical support to health and social care professionals and managers to enable them to provide care in line with NICE recommendations.

Quality standard service improvement template (Excel)

Make an initial assessment of your service compared with a selection of quality statements. The template includes:

  • assessing current practice
  • recording an action plan
  • monitoring quality improvement.