New guidance and standards

Place young people moving into adult services at the heard of decisions about care

Young people who are moving from children's to adults' services should be placed at the heard of decisions about their care, NICE says. Latest social care guidance aims to improve and standardise the support for young people who are receiving health or social care as they become adults, by ensuring care is more person-centred.

Motor neurone disease guidelines to have "hugely significant" impact on care

Updated motor neurone disease guidelines will have a "hugely significant" impact on care, according to one national charity. The guidelines aim to improve and standardise care for people who have the disease.

NICE greenlights clot removal procedure for use on NHS

NICE has approved a procedure for use on the NHS that removes clots from stroke patients. Following new evidence on long-term safety and effectiveness, NICE has published updated guidance which approves mechanical clot retrieval for removing blood clots in people who have had an acute ischaemic stroke.

Ensuring trauma care is delivered effectively and consistently

NICE has launched a suite of guidelines to ensure that trauma services are delivered more effectively and consistently. The guidelines cover fractures, complex fractures, spinal injury assessment, major trauma, and trauma services.

Guidelines launched on the risks and benefits of sunlight exposure

New public health guidelines have been launched to help balance the risks and benefits of sunlight exposure. The guideline will help tailor public health activities focused on those groups most at risk from over or under exposure to sunlight, and includes a section with supporting information for practitioners.

Improving and standardising care for people with incurable blood cancer

NICE has published guidance that aims to help improve and standardise the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of myeloma. The guideline features recommendations that cover a range of areas, such as offering communication and support, imaging tests, and palliative care services.

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Membership of social groups after retirement 'boosts health and wellbeing'

New research published by BMJ Open suggests that membership of social groups such as book clubs or church groups after retirement is linked with improved health and wellbeing. The research backs NICE's recommendations advising councils to do more to offer group activities to older people in order to tackle loneliness and improve wellbeing.

Consultation open on potential new NICE indicators

Indicators focused on atrial fibrillation, diabetes care, and weight management are proposed for the latest NICE indicator menu. Based on NICE guidance and quality standards the potential indicators, now open for consultation, aim to improve healthcare by supporting both national frameworks and local quality improvement initiatives.

Comment on our draft sepsis guidance

Our draft guidelines on Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are currently open for consultation. The guidelines aim to help improve the diagnosis and management of the condition among adults and young people aged 16 years and over.

Organisations can register as a stakeholder and have until Friday 11 March 2016 to submit their comments.

Tell us what you think about our new and improved forward planner

We've updated our forward planner to help you plan and implement NICE guidance. Recent improvements include:

financial planning time frames consistent with health and social care organisations
new worksheets showing previous, current and future financial years
resource impact profiles showing costs and savings over 5 years where possible
colour coded categories showing cost saving, cost neutral, low cost, medium cost, and high cost guidance
published Quality & Productivity and Cochrane case studies.

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Into Practice

Take a look at examples of organisations putting NICE guidance into practice

Have a look at examples of organisations of putting NICE guidance into practice. A number of CCGs worked together to reduce variation in prescribing behaviour between GPs practices using NICE guidance on neuropathic pain.

Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Primary Care Trust joined forces to deliver recommendations in NICE guidelines on excess winter deaths. And Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust implemented a nicotine management policy in response to guidance from NICE on smoking cessation.

New quality standard service improvement template

NICE has developed a new template that allows providers to assess how their services compare to NICE quality standards.

The template is an interactive Excel spreadsheet, which allows users to track progress over time, and to create an audit dependent on their own specific needs and requirements.

The template is currently available on the tools and resources tab, for quality standards 1-102.