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This quality standard covers assessing and diagnosing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in children and young people. It also covers support during pregnancy to prevent FASD. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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This guideline covers the nutrition of pregnant women, including women who are planning to become pregnant, mothers and other carers of children aged under 5 and their children. In particular, it aims to address disparities in the nutrition of low-income and other disadvantaged groups compared with the general population.
This guideline covers managing spasticity and co-existing motor disorders and their early musculoskeletal complications in children and young people (from birth up to their 19th birthday) with non-progressive brain disorders. It aims to reduce variation in practice and help healthcare professionals to select and use appropriate treatments.
This quality standard covers care for adults before, during and after primary elective hip, knee or shoulder joint replacement. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover joint replacement as treatment for primary or secondary cancer affecting the bones.
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- Quality statement 1: Preoperative rehabilitation advice for hip and knee replacement
- Statement 2: Choice between partial and total knee replacement
- Statement 3: Tranexamic acid during hip and knee replacement
- Quality statement 4: Preventing implant selection errors
- Statement 5: Postoperative rehabilitation
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This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing drug allergy in adults, young people and children. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Documentation using the structured assessment guide
- Quality statement 2: Advice about carrying personal structured drug information
- Quality statement 3: Referral to specialist drug allergy services
- Quality statement 4: Recording drug allergy status in electronic medical records
- Quality statement 5: Updating information on drug allergy status
- Quality statement 6 (developmental): Prescription information on drug avoidance
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This guideline covers identifying children, young people and adults with symptoms that could be caused by cancer. It outlines appropriate investigations in primary care, and selection of people to refer for a specialist opinion. It aims to help people understand what to expect if they have symptoms that may suggest cancer.
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This quality standard covers providing and organising cancer services for babies, children and young people (from birth to 24 years, although the upper age limit may vary). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Multidisciplinary teams for young people
- Quality statement 2: Access to clinical trials
- Quality statement 3: Electronic prescribing of chemotherapy
- Quality statement 4: Psychological and social support
- Quality statement 5: Neuro-rehabilitation
- Quality statement 6: Follow-up and monitoring of late effects
- Quality statement 7: Fertility support
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing bladder cancer in adults (aged 18 and over) referred from primary care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Obtaining detrusor muscle during transurethral resection of bladder tumour
- Quality statement 2: Chemotherapy during transurethral resection of bladder tumour
- Quality statement 3: Access to a clinical nurse specialist
- Quality statement 4: Risk classification
- Quality statement 5: Discussing treatment options for high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
- Quality statement 6: Discussing treatment options for muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer
- Quality statement 7: Discharge to primary care
This quality standard covers support and treatment to stop smoking and stop using smokeless tobacco, and harm-reduction approaches for people who are not ready to stop in one go. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Identifying people who use tobacco
- Quality statement 2: Advice
- Quality statement 3: Tobacco cessation support and treatment
- Quality statement 4: Harm-reduction approach
- Quality statement 5: Treatment to stop smoking in hospital
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This quality standard covers prevention of falls and assessment after a fall in older people (aged 65 and over) who are living in the community or staying in hospital. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Identifying people at risk of falling
- Quality statement 2: Multifactorial risk assessment for older people at risk of falling
- Quality statement 3: Multifactorial intervention
- Quality statement 4: Checks for injury after an inpatient fall
- Quality statement 5: Safe manual handling after an inpatient fall
- Quality statement 6: Medical examination after an inpatient fall
- Quality statement 7: Multifactorial risk assessment for older people presenting for medical attention
Vitamin B12 deficiency in over 16s: diagnosis and management (NG239)
This guideline covers recognising, diagnosing and managing vitamin B12 deficiency in people aged 16 and over, including deficiency caused by autoimmune gastritis. It also covers monitoring for gastric cancer in people with autoimmune gastritis.
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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This quality standard covers oral health, including dental health and daily mouth care, for adults in care homes (with and without nursing provision). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
This quality standard covers the safe and effective use of medicines. It covers people of all ages who are taking medicines, including those who are not getting the full benefit from their medicines. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Shared decision-making
- Quality statement 2: Patient involvement in reporting medicines-related patient safety incidents
- Quality statement 3: Learning from medicines-related patient safety incidents
- Quality statement 4: Medicines reconciliation in acute settings
- Quality statement 5: Medicines reconciliation in primary care
- Quality statement 6: Structured medication review
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This guideline covers systems and processes for using and managing controlled drugs safely in all NHS settings except care homes. It aims to improve working practices to comply with legislation and have robust governance arrangements. It also aims to reduce the safety risks associated with controlled drugs.