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Health professionals’ views of the approval process for cancer treatment

10 March 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

A&S Science

Aim The aim of this study was to explore the approval and funding of new cancer treatments by the NHS and the perspectives of people involved in the process, using...

Diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease: what the NICE guidelines say, and why

01 April 2008

Primary Health Care

General

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition resulting from the degeneration of the dopamine containing cells of the area of the brain known...

The diagnosis and initial management of stroke and transient ischaemic attack

13 November 2008

Primary Health Care

General

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline on The Diagnosis and Acute Management of Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attacks (TIA)...

Early identification and management of chronic kidney disease in primary care

05 December 2008

Primary Health Care

General

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly common as it is associated with diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Most people with CKD are...

A quick fix?

21 March 2006

Nursing Standard

Feature

Recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence say more people with high cholesterol levels should be prescribed statins. But some...

Hungry for help

20 June 2006

Nursing Standard

Features

While obesity is the hot topic in dietetics, malnutrition costs the NHS far more. Recent guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence...

A death before life

03 August 2010

Nursing Standard

Features

Updated guidelines on stillbirths say that parents should be given the option of holding their baby.

Learning from each other

17 September 2008

Nursing Standard

General article

Highlighting examples of good practice in health care is crucial to improving the use of NHS resources. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence...

Self-harm minimisation and the law

01 February 2010

Primary Health Care

Legal

The practice of self-harm minimisation appears to be developing more quickly than the legal framework to support it. Some nurses are at risk because they practise...

The ‘NICE’ way to manage anaemia of chronic kidney disease

01 June 2008

Primary Health Care

General

The National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions produced the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline Anaemia Management in...