This guideline covers assessing and managing motor neurone disease (MND). It aims to improve care from the time of diagnosis, and covers information and support, organisation of care, managing symptoms and preparing for end of life care. This guideline includes recommendations on: recognition and referra...
This guideline covers interventions in secondary and further education to prevent and reduce alcohol use among children and young people aged 11 up to and including 18. It also covers people aged 11 to 25 with special educational needs or disabilities in full-time education. It will also be relevant to c...
This guideline covers the care and treatment of people aged 18 and over with generalised anxiety disorder (chronic anxiety) or panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia or panic attacks). It aims to help people achieve complete relief of symptoms (remission), which is associated with better functioning...
This guideline covers identifying and managing depression in children and young people aged 5 to
18 years. Based on the stepped-care model, it aims to improve recognition and assessment and
promote effective treatments for mild and moderate to severe depression....
This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and
children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on
methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection....
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute cough associated with an
upper respiratory tract infection or acute bronchitis in adults, young people and children. It aims to
limit antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance....
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage in women with
complications, such as pain and bleeding, in early pregnancy (that is, up to 13 completed weeks of
pregnancy). It aims to improve how early pregnancy loss is diagnosed, and the support women are
given, to limit ...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing non-small-cell and small-cell lung cancer. It aims to
improve outcomes for patients by ensuring that the most effective tests and treatments are used,
and that people have access to suitable palliative care and follow-up....
This guideline covers diagnosing and treating delirium in people aged 18 and over in hospital and in
long-term residential care or a nursing home. It also covers identifying people at risk of developing
delirium in these settings and preventing onset. It aims to improve diagnosis of delirium and reduce
h...
This guideline covers specific aspects of respiratory support (for example, oxygen supplementation,
assisted ventilation, treatment of some respiratory disorders, and aspects of monitoring) for
preterm babies in hospital....
