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This quality standard covers care and support for older people living in their own homes (known as home care or domiciliary care). It covers people aged over 65 using home care services, and may also cover some people under 65 with complex needs. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Introduction
- List of quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Person-centred planning
- Quality statement 2: Plan for missed or late visits
- Quality statement 3: Consistent team of home care workers
- Quality statement 4: Length of home care visits
- Quality statement 5: Reviewing the outcomes of the home care plan
- Quality statement 6: Supervision of home care workers
This quality standard covers the investigation and recognition of suspected cancer, and referral to specialist cancer services for adults, young people and children. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- List of quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Direct access to diagnostic tests
- Quality statement 2: Urgent direct access endoscopy for oesophageal or stomach cancer
- Quality statement 3: Testing for blood in faeces
- Quality statement 4: Encouraging attendance at cancer services
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- About this quality standard
This quality standard covers care for pregnant women who may be at risk of, or have symptoms and signs of, starting labour and giving birth early (preterm). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Providing information about potential signs and symptoms of preterm labour
- Quality statement 2: Prophylactic vaginal progesterone and prophylactic cervical cerclage
- Quality statement 3: Information for women having a planned preterm birth
- Quality statement 4: Tocolysis for women between 26+0 and 33+6 weeks of pregnancy
- Quality statement 5: Corticosteroids for women between 24+0 and 33+6 weeks of pregnancy
- Quality statement 6: Magnesium sulfate for women between 24+0 and 29+6 weeks of pregnancy
- Update information
This quality standard covers admissions into, and discharge from, inpatient hospital settings for adults (aged 18 years and over) with social care needs. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Information sharing on admission
- Quality statement 2: Comprehensive geriatric assessment
- Quality statement 3: Coordinated discharge
- Quality statement 4: Discharge plans
- Quality statement 5: Involving carers in discharge planning
- Update information
- About this quality standard
This quality standard covers interventions to maintain and improve the mental wellbeing and independence of people aged 65 or older, and how to identify those at risk of a decline. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover the mental wellbeing and independence of people who live in a care home or attend one on a day-only basis.
This quality standard covers the general principles of blood transfusion in adults, young people and children over 1 year old. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover specific conditions that blood transfusion is used for.
This quality standard covers activities undertaken by local authorities and general dental practices to improve oral health. It particularly focuses on people at high risk of poor oral health or who find it difficult to use dental services. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Service user experience in adult mental health services (QS14)
This quality standard covers improving the experience of people using adult NHS mental health services. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Empathy, dignity and respect
- Quality statement 2: Decision making
- Quality statement 3: Involvement to improve services
- Quality statement 4: Contacts for ongoing care
- Quality statement 5: Access to services
- Quality statement 6: Joint care planning
- Quality statement 7: Inpatient contact with staff
This quality standard covers the period before, during and after a young person moves from children’s to adults’ services in all settings where transitions from children’s to adults’ health or social care services take place. It covers all young people (aged up to 25) using children’s health and social care services who are due to make the transition to adults’ services. This includes young people with mental health problems, disabilities and long-term, life-limiting or complex needs, rare diseases and those in secure settings or under the care of local authorities. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Planning transition
- Quality statement 2: Coordinated transition plan
- Quality statement 3: Annual meeting
- Quality statement 4: Named worker
- Quality statement 5: Meeting a practitioner in adults' services
- Quality statement 6: Missed initial appointments after transfer to adults' services
- Update information
This quality standard covers care for adults (aged 18 and over) who are approaching the end of their life. This includes people who are likely to die within 12 months, people with advanced, progressive, incurable conditions and people with life-threatening acute conditions. It also covers support for their families and carers. It includes care provided by health and social care staff in all settings. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
This quality standard covers preventing, assessing, diagnosing and managing skin cancer (melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people in hospital (QS131)
This quality standard covers managing intravenous (IV) fluids safely and effectively for babies, children and young people (from birth to 16) in hospital. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Measuring plasma electrolyte concentration and blood glucose
- Quality statement 2: Assessment of fluid balance
- Quality statement 3: Fluid type for intravenous (IV) fluid resuscitation
- Quality statement 4: Fluid type for routine maintenance
- Quality statement 5: Intravenous (IV) fluids lead
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Social care for older people with multiple long-term conditions (QS132)
This quality standard covers the planning and delivery of social care and support for older people (aged 65 and over) with multiple long-term conditions. It includes people living in their own homes, in specialist settings or in care homes, both those who receive support with funding for their social care and those who do not. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Including physical and mental health needs in a care and support needs assessment
- Quality statement 2: Discussing services that could help at a care and support needs assessment
- Quality statement 3: Named care coordinator
- Quality statement 4: Care planning
- Quality statement 5: Review of health and social care plan
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This quality standard covers identifying, assessing and treating attachment difficulties in children and young people (under 18). It focuses on children and young people at high risk of going into care, looked after by local authorities in foster homes, in special guardianship, adopted from care, and those in residential settings and other accommodation. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
This quality standard covers recognising, assessing and managing coeliac disease in adults, young people and children. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Serological testing for coeliac disease
- Quality statement 2: Referral to a specialist
- Quality statement 3: Endoscopic intestinal biopsy
- Quality statement 4: Advice about a gluten-free diet
- Quality statement 5: Annual review
- Update information
- About this quality standard