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This quality standard covers assessment and treatment of drug use disorders in adults (aged 18 and over). It includes treating the misuse of opioids, cannabis, stimulants and other drugs in all settings, including inpatient and specialist residential and community-based treatment settings, and prison services. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Needle and syringe programmes
- Quality statement 2: Assessment
- Quality statement 3: Families and carers
- Quality statement 4: Blood-borne viruses
- Quality statement 5: Information and advice
- Quality statement 6: Keyworking – psychosocial interventions
- Quality statement 7: Recovery and reintegration
This quality standard covers assessing, diagnosing and managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Diagnosis with spirometry
- Quality statement 2: Inhaler technique
- Quality statement 3: Assessment for long-term oxygen therapy
- Quality statement 4: Pulmonary rehabilitation for stable COPD and exercise limitation
- Quality statement 5: Pulmonary rehabilitation after an acute exacerbation
- Quality statement 6: Emergency oxygen during an exacerbation
- Quality statement 7: Non-invasive ventilation
This guideline covers assessing, diagnosing and managing physical health problems of people in prison. It aims to improve health and wellbeing in the prison population by promoting more coordinated care and more effective approaches to prescribing, dispensing and supervising medicines.
Evidence-based recommendations on vortioxetine (Brintellix) for treating major depressive episodes in adults.
This guideline covers interventions and support for children, young people and adults with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges. It highlights the importance of understanding the cause of behaviour that challenges, and performing thorough assessments so that steps can be taken to help people change their behaviour and improve their quality of life. The guideline also covers support and intervention for family members or carers.
Evidence-based recommendations on reducing the risk of transmission of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) from surgical instruments used for interventional procedures on high-risk tissues. These procedures on high-risk tissues are intradural surgery on the brain (including the pituitary gland) and spinal cord, neuroendoscopy, and surgery on the retina or optic nerve.
This guideline covers how to identify adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes. It aims to remind practitioners that age is no barrier to being at high risk of, or developing, the condition. It also aims to help them provide those at high risk with an effective and appropriate intensive lifestyle-change programme to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. The recommendations in this guideline can be used alongside the NHS Health Check programme .
Eltrombopag for treating chronic immune thrombocytopenia (TA293)
Evidence-based recommendations on eltrombopag (Revolade) for treating chronic immune thrombocytopenia in adults.
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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Sections for QS207
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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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Early value assessment (EVA) guidance on digital health technologies to help manage symptoms of psychosis and prevent relapse in adults and young people.
Ombitasvir–paritaprevir–ritonavir with or without dasabuvir for treating chronic hepatitis C (TA365)
Evidence-based recommendations on ombitasvir–paritaprevir–ritonavir (also known as Viekirax) with or without dasabuvir (also known as Exviera) for adults with some types (called genotypes) of chronic hepatitis C.
Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery (NG93)
This guideline covers services for children, young people and adults with a learning disability (or autism and a learning disability) and behaviour that challenges. It aims to promote a lifelong approach to supporting people and their families and carers, focusing on prevention and early intervention and minimising inpatient admissions.
This guideline covers recognising, assessing and treating bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression) in children, young people and adults. The recommendations apply to bipolar I, bipolar II, mixed affective and rapid cycling disorders. It aims to improve access to treatment and quality of life in people with bipolar disorder.
Bed frames for adults in acute medical or surgical hospital wards: late-stage assessment (HTG759)
Late stage assessment (LSA) guidance on bed frames for adults in acute medical or surgical hospital wards.
Active B12 assay for diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency (MIB40)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the Active-B12 assay for diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency