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NICE News Bimonthly -  April 2024

  • Vitamin B12 deficiency in over 16s: diagnosis and management published in March 2024
  • Meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal disease recognition diagnosis and management published in March 2024
  • Ovarian cancer: identifying and managing familial and genetic risk published in March 2024
  • Tuberculosis Updated February 2024
  • Lung cancer: diagnosis and management Updated March 2024
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19 Updated March 2024
  • Neonatal infection: antibiotics for prevention and treatment Updated March 2024
  • Suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management Updated March 2024
  • Twin and triplet pregnancy Updated March 2024

NICE News Bimonthly -  February 2024

  • Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification published in December 2023
  • Bipolar disorder: assessment and management Updated December 2023
  • Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management Updated January 2024
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19 Updated January 2024
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 Updated January 2024
  • Caesarean birth Updated January 2024
  • Suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management Updated January 2024

NICE News Bimonthly -  December 2023

  • Stroke rehabilitation in adults Published in October 2023
  • Thyroid disease: assessment and management Updated October 2023
  • Jaundice in newborn babies under 28 days Updated October 2023
  • Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management Updated October 2023
  • Familial breast cancer: classification, care and managing breast cancer and related risks in people with a family history of breast cancer Updated November 2023
  • Suspected acute respiratory infection in over 16s: assessment at first presentation and initial management Updated November 2023
  • Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management Updated November 2023
  • Transient loss of consciousness ('blackouts') in over 16s Updated November 2023
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19 Updated November 2023
  • Acne vulgaris: management Updated December 2023 

NICE News Bimonthly -  October 2023

  • Otitis media with effusion in under 12s Published August 2023
  • Spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression Published September 2023
  • Intrapartum care Published September 2023
  • Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial management Updated August 2023
  • Caesarean birth Updated September 2023
  • Cirrhosis in over 16s: assessment and management Updated September 2023
  • Acute kidney injury: prevention, detection and management Updated September 2023
  • Ovarian cancer: recognition and initial management Updated October 2023
  • Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management Updated October 2023
  • Hearing loss in adults: assessment and management Updated October 2023
  • Suspected neurological conditions: recognition and referral Updated October 2023
  • Suspected cancer: recognition and referral Updated October 2023
  • Spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression Updated September 2023
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults Updated September 2023

NICE News Bimonthly -  August 2023

  • Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management Updated June 2023
  • Caesarean birth Updated June 2023
  • Oesophago-gastric cancer: assessment and management in adults Updated July 2023
  • Lung cancer: diagnosis and management Updated July 2023
  • Obesity: identification, assessment and management Updated July 2023
  • Venous thromboembolic diseases: diagnosis, management and thrombophilia testing Updated August 2023
  • Depression in adults Updated June 2023
  • Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis and management Updated July 2023

NICE News Bimonthly -  June 2023

  • Head injury: assessment and early management published May 2023
  • Hypertension in pregnancy: diagnosis and management Updated April 2023
  • Metastatic malignant disease of unknown primary origin in adults: diagnosis and management Updated April 2023
  • Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management Updated May 2023
  • Acne vulgaris: management Updated May 2023
  • Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification Updated May 2023
  • Atopic eczema in under 12s: diagnosis and management Updated May 2023
  • Head injury Quality Standard  Updated May 2023

  • Cardiovascular risk assessment and lipid modification Quality Standard Updated May 2023

NICE News Bimonthly -  April 2023

  • Disabled children and young people up to 25 with severe complex needs: integrated service delivery and organisation across health, social care and education Updated Jan 2023
  • Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence Updated Jan 2023
  • Lung cancer: diagnosis and management Updated March 2023
  • Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management Updated April 2023

NICE News Bimonthly - February 2023

  • Thyroid cancer: assessment and management published Dec 2022
  • Barrett's oesophagus and stage 1 oesophageal adenocarcinoma: monitoring and management published Feb 2023
  • Hip fracture: management Updated Jan 2023
  • Delirium: prevention, diagnosis and management in hospital and long-term care Updated Jan 2023
  • Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification Updated Feb 2023
  • Tobacco: treating dependence published Dec 22
  • Hip fracture in adults Updated Jan 2023
  • Chronic heart failure in adults Updated Jan 2023
  • Diabetes in pregnancy Updated Jan 2023
  • Antenatal care Updated Feb 2023
  • Urinary tract infections in adults Updated Feb 2023

NICE News Bimonthly - December 2022

  • Osteoarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management published Oct 2022
  • Subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm: diagnosis and management published Nov 2022
  • Fractures (complex): assessment and management Updated Nov 2022
  • Osteoarthritis in over 16s Updated October 2022

NICE News Bimonthly - October 2022

  • Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence Published: 07 September 2022
  • Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence. Updated August 2022
  • Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management. Updated August 2022
  • Obesity: identification, assessment and management. Updated September 2022
  • Colorectal cancer prevention: colonoscopic surveillance in adults with ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or adenomas. Updated September 2022
  • Lung cancer: diagnosis and management. Updated September 2022
  • Self harm. Updated September 2022
  • Postnatal care. Updated September 2022

NICE News Bimonthly - August 2022

  • Gout: diagnosis and management published June 2022
  • Multiple sclerosis in adults: management published June 2022
  • Depression in adults: treatment and management published June 2022
  • Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management published July 2022
  • Preterm labour and birth. Updated June 2022
  • Type 2 diabetes in adults: management. Updated June 2022
  • Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management. Updated June 2022
  • Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management. Updated June 2022
  • Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management. Updated July 2022
  • Melanoma: assessment and management. Updated July 2022
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) [NG200] Updated June 2022
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19 [NG191] Updated July 2022
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: vitamin D [NG187] Updated July 2022
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation [NG164] Updated July 2022
  • Urinary tract infection in children and young people. Updated July 2022
  • Fever in under 5s. Updated July 2022
  • Skin cancer. Updated July 2022

NICE News Bimonthly - June 2022

17/06/2022

  • Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults published April 2022
  • Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management updated April 2022
  • Epilepsies in children, young people and adults updated April 2022
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19 [NG191] Updated May 2022
  • Vaccine uptake in under 19s Updated May 2022

NICE News Bimonthly - April 2022

28/04/2022

  • Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management [NG136] updated March 2022
  • Type 2 diabetes in adults: management [NG28] updated March 2022
  • Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management [NG18] updated March 2022
  • Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management [NG17] updated March 2022

NICE News Bimonthly - February 2022

24/02/2022

  • Pelvic floor dysfunction: prevention and non-surgical management [NG210] published December 2021
  • Rehabilitation after traumatic injury NICE guideline [NG211] published January 2022
  • Headaches in over 12s: diagnosis and management [CG150] updated December 2021
  • Suspected cancer: recognition and referral; [NG12] updated December 2021
  • Prostate cancer: diagnosis and management [NG131] updated December 2021
  • Colorectal cancer [NG151] updated December 2021
  • Glaucoma: diagnosis and management [NG81] updated January 2022
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