NICE guidelines

NICE guidelines

This presentation will outline the programme of clinical practice guidelines developed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK. This programme consists of over 20 clinical guidelines and covers all the major mental disorders. The methodological challenges in its development will be described, including the limitations of the evidence base and some commonly ...

NICE guidelines on heart failure.

failure was issued to the NHS in England and Wales by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in July 2003.1 Recommendations were made covering all aspects of the care pathway, from first suspicion of the diagnosis, through chronic disease management, to end-of-life issues. The guidance is timely. Heart failure is a major problem for the NHS.2 There are at least 900,000 people liv...

Implementing NICE clinical guidelines on Parkinson's disease.

Implementing national guidance such as that produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence should be a priority for NHS trusts. The best way of managing successful implementation is through collaboration across the healthcare community. This helps to improve communication, ensures progress is being made and enables healthcare professionals to concentrate on the whole path...

NICE guidelines on fever in children.

NICE guidelines on urinary incontinence in women.

SIR—We read with great interest the recent NICE guidelines on the important problem of urinary incontinence (UI) in women [1], which has a large impact on frail older people. In general nursing homes UI has been found to have a prevalence 70%, and this rises to 84% of institutionalised demented people [2, 3]. However, despite these data, we feel that this guideline is more aimed towards younger...