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Vitamin D: supplement use in specific population groups (PH56)
This guideline covers vitamin D supplement use. It aims to prevent vitamin D deficiency among specific population groups including infants and children aged under 4, pregnant and breastfeeding women, particularly teenagers and young women, people over 65, people who have low or no exposure to the sun and people with dark skin.
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.
Healthy start vitamins: special report on cost effectiveness (ECD5)
Healthy start vitamins: special report on cost effectiveness
Atrial fibrillation: DOACs and Vitamin K antagonists (IND247)
This indicator covers the percentage of patients with atrial fibrillation and a last recorded CHA2DS2-VASc score of 2 or more who are currently prescribed a direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) if eligible, or a vitamin K antagonist if not eligible for a DOAC or a DOAC is declined, clinically unsuitable or not indicated. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes. This indicator was previously published as NM231
This quality standard covers improving nutrition for pregnant women, and babies and children under 5 and their mothers and carers. It focuses on low-income and disadvantaged families. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS98
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Healthy eating in pregnancy
- Quality statement 2: Structured weight-loss programme
- Quality statement 3: Healthy Start scheme
- Quality statement 4: Breastfeeding
- Quality statement 5: Advice on introducing solid food
- Quality statement 6: Advice on Healthy Start prepaid cards
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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 how to communicate the risks and benefits of natural sunlight exposure (specifically, the ultraviolet rays UVA and UVB) to help people understand why they may need to modify their behaviour to reduce their risk of skin cancer and vitamin D deficiency.
This guideline covers new buildings and communal outdoor areas. The aim is to ensure there are enough shady areas to protect people from overexposure to the sun.
This guideline covers parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding) for babies born preterm, up to 28 days after their due birth date and babies born at term, up to 28 days after their birth. Parenteral nutrition is often needed by preterm babies, critically ill babies, and babies who need surgery.
Coeliac disease: recognition, assessment and management (NG20)
This guideline covers the recognition, assessment and management of coeliac disease in children, young people and adults.
This guideline covers identifying and caring for adults who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition in hospital or in their own home or a care home. It offers advice on how oral, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition support should be started, administered and stopped. It aims to support healthcare professionals identify malnourished people and help them to choose the most appropriate form of support.
Falls in older people: assessing risk and prevention (CG161)
This guideline covers assessment of fall risk and interventions to prevent falls in people aged 65 and over. It aims to reduce the risk and incidence of falls and the associated distress, pain, injury, loss of confidence, loss of independence and mortality.
This guideline covers the assessment and management of melanoma (a type of skin cancer) in children, young people and adults. It aims to reduce variation in practice and improve survival.
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
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): assessment and management (NG49)
This guideline covers how to identify the adults, young people and children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who have advanced liver fibrosis and are most at risk of further complications. It outlines the lifestyle changes and pharmacological treatments that can manage NAFLD and advanced liver fibrosis.