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Guidance

Guidance

  • Acute care toolkit

    Organisation: Royal College of Physicians
    Type: Toolkit and resources
    Date published: Various
    Description: The acute care toolkits are a series of resources to help improve the delivery of acute care. The toolkits look at current problems and suggest a range of recommendations for improving quality.

  • Annual Health Checks

    Organisation: NHS England
    Type: Public guidance
    Date published: Jan 2022
    Description: Overview of AHCs - what they are and why they’re important.

  • Diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia in people with learning disability

    Organisation: British Thoracic Society
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/quality-improvement/clinical-statements/cap-in-people-with-learning-disability/
    Description: Clinical recommendations and pragmatic guidance on the risk assessment, prevention and management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in people with a learning disability.

  • GP Mythbuster: DNACPR

    Organisation: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: May 2022
    Description: This mythbuster aims to reduce confusion clarify, signpost and share guidance for providers. It aims help providers manage and maintain effective oversight of DNACPR decisions.

  • Improving Health: Annual Health Checks

    Organisation: NHS England
    Type: Films and Guidance on AHCs
    Date published: June 2022
    Description: Exemplars of AHCs, Films about their importance from people with lived experience, AHCs in secondary care pilot. Published June 2022

  • Increasing the uptake of Annual Health Checks for people with a learning disability: videos for professionals

    Organisation: NHS England
    Type: Films
    Date published: Oct 2021
    Description: Various films for healthcare professionals working in primary care to increase knowledge of AHCs which should include checks on respiratory health, cardiovascular health and help prevent other health concerns.

  • NICE: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Under 19s

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: Dec 2017
    Description: This guideline covers recognising and diagnosing autism spectrum disorder in children and young people from birth up to 19 years. It also covers referral. It aims to improve the experience of children, young people and those who care for them.

  • NICE: Hearing Loss in Adults

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: June 2018
    Description: This guideline covers some aspects of assessing and managing hearing loss in primary, community and secondary care.

  • NICE: Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: March 2018
    Description: 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.

  • NICE: Learning disability: behaviour that challenges

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Quality Standard
    Date published: July 2019
    Description: Covers care and support and services for children, young people and adults with a learning disability (or a learning disability and autism) and behaviour that challenges, and their families and carers.

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