Overview
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing Lyme disease in people of all ages. It also includes raising public awareness about prevention. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
How to use NICE quality standards and how we develop them
Quality standards help you improve the quality of care you provide or commission. They apply in England and Wales (see the UK government website and Welsh government website). Decisions on how they apply in Scotland and Northern Ireland are made by ministers in the Scottish government and Northern Ireland Executive.
Find out how to use quality standards and how we develop them.
Endorsing bodies
This quality standard is endorsed by NHS England and Department of Health and Social Care as required by the Health and Social Care Act (2012).
Supporting organisations
A number of organisations recognise the benefit of this quality standard in improving care. They work with us to promote it to commissioners and service providers:
- Association of British Neurologists (ABN)
- British Infection Association
- Caudwell LymeCo Charity
- Lyme Disease Action
- Lyme Disease UK
- Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society
- Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Royal College of Pathologists
- Royal College of Physicians (RCP)