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Care of dying adults in the last days of life

NICE guideline
Reference number: NG31
Published: 16 December 2015

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History

Stakeholder list updated

Stakeholder list (PDF 127 KB)

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17 September 2019

Committee meetings

Committee meeting
Minutes 7 (PDF 229 KB)

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20 December 2016
Minutes 8 (PDF 232 KB)

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20 December 2016
Minutes 9 (PDF 229 KB)

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20 December 2016
Minutes 10 (PDF 231 KB)

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20 December 2016
Minutes 11 (PDF 446 KB)

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20 December 2016
Minutes 7 (PDF 229 KB)

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20 December 2016
Minutes 8 (PDF 232 KB)

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20 December 2016
Minutes 9 (PDF 229 KB)

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20 December 2016
Minutes 10 (PDF 231 KB)

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20 December 2016
Minutes 11 (PDF 446 KB)

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20 December 2016

Guidance published

Equality impact assessment (PDF 139 KB)

Published:

16 December 2015

Consultation comments published

Consultation comments and responses (PDF 9.48 MB)

Published:

16 December 2015

Draft guideline consultation

Draft guideline consultation information
Full guideline (PDF 3.43 MB)

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29 July 2015
Draft guideline (NICE) (PDF 428 KB)

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29 July 2015
Appendices (PDF 4.93 MB)

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29 July 2015
Equality impact assessment (PDF 185 KB)

Published:

29 July 2015

Health economic plan, review questions and search strategies

Health economic plan, review questions and search strategies
Health economic plan (PDF 18 KB)

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09 July 2015
Review questions (PDF 170 KB)

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09 July 2015
Search strategies (PDF 976 KB)

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13 July 2015

GDG minutes

GDG minutes
GDG 6 minutes (PDF 176 KB)

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20 April 2015
GDG 5 minutes (PDF 175 KB)

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20 April 2015
GDG 4 minutes (PDF 176 KB)

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12 March 2015
GDG 3 minutes (PDF 191 KB)

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12 March 2015
GDG 2 minutes (PDF 175 KB)

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12 March 2015
GDG 1 minutes (PDF 190 KB)

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12 March 2015

Equalities impact assessment scoping form

Equalities impact assessment scoping form (PDF 162 KB)

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18 November 2014

GDG membership list

GDG membership list (PDF 181 KB)

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31 July 2015

Scope comments table

Scope comments table (PDF 1.36 MB)

Published:

10 November 2014

Final scope

Final scope (PDF 207 KB)

Published:

10 November 2014

Scope consultation

Scope consultation information
Scope consultation draft scope (PDF 160 KB)

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01 August 2014
Stakeholder list (PDF 43 KB)

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29 July 2014