Jan
17
2012

Guide for commissioners on end of life care for adults

Filed under: Commissioning, End of life care by Rowan
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NICE has published its guide for commissioners of end-of-life care services, the latest in its series of good practice guides to support commissioners in designing high quality, evidence-based services to improve outcomes for patients and to help the NHS make better use of resources.

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Oct
07
2010

NICE guidelines propose medications on prescription for people with Alzheimer’s

Filed under: Alzheimer’s Society, Awareness, Medication, Medicines management by Rowan
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Proposed guidelines say that hundreds of thousands more patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease should receive medications on prescription to lessen their symptoms.

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Oct
06
2010

NICE to launch new online resource for GPs

Filed under: Awareness, GP practices, Quality standards, Service improvement by Rowan
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to launch a new online resource for GPs to help them to make the best use of NICE guidance.

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Jul
01
2010

NICE publishes dementia quality standard

Filed under: Quality standards by Rowan
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This quality standard provides clinicians, managers and service users with a description of what a high-quality dementia service should look like.

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