Overview
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing common types of headache in adults and young people (aged 12 and over). It includes tension-type headache, migraine, cluster headache and medication overuse headache. 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 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 Association for the Study of Headache
- Migraine Action
- Migraine Trust
- Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists
- Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Royal College of Radiologists
- UK Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA)