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Guidance

Guidance and standards in respiratory for health and care professionals.

Guidance

  • Aspiration pneumonia British Thoracic Society: Diagnosis and management of aspiration pneumonia

    Organisation: British Thoracic Society
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: March 2023
    Description: Practical clinical guidance on aspiration pneumonia (AP), covering the epidemiology, pathogenesis, prevention, diagnosis and management (including palliative care considerations where appropriate.

  • British Thoracic Society (BTS) New Guidance 2023

    Organisation: British Thoracic Society (BTS)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: March 2023
    Description: BTS whose members include doctors, nurses and respiratory physiotherapists and which champions ‘Better lung health for all’ produced two statements on pneumonia. These statements are guidelines on the management of the infection and summarise the best evidence to date.

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

    Organisation: British Thoracic Society
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: N/A
    Description: Clinical recommendations and pragmatic guidance on the risk assessment, prevention and management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in people with a learning disability.

  • NHS: Flu vaccination – easy read Winter 2022

    Organisation: NHS
    Type: Easy Read guide
    Date published: 2022
    Description: An easy read flu leaflet with information for people with a learning disability on protection from flu and reasonable adjustments that can be made for example anyone who is needle-phobic.

  • NICE – Guideline: Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: July 2022
    Description: This National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline covers diagnosing and managing community and hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults. It aims to improve accurate assessment and diagnosis of pneumonia to help guide antibiotic prescribing and ensure that people receive the right treatment.

  • NICE Guideline: Flu vaccination – increasing uptake

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: NICE Guidelines
    Date published: 22nd August 2018
    Description: This guideline covers how to increase uptake of the free flu vaccination among people who are eligible. It describes ways to increase awareness and how to use all opportunities in primary and secondary care to identify people who should be encouraged to have the vaccination.

  • NICE: Asthma

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: March 2021
    Description: Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management

  • NICE: Bronichiectasis

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: Dec 2018
    Description: Bronchiectasis (non-cystic fibrosis), acute exacerbation: antimicrobial prescribing

  • NICE: COPD

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: July 2019
    Description: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management

  • NICE: Lung Cancer

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: Sep 2022
    Description: Lung cancer: diagnosis and management

  • NICE: Obstructive sleep apnoea/ hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in over 16s

    Organisation: NICE
    Type: Guidance (General) for healthcare professionals including dentists, commissioniners and providers, families/carers.
    Date published: August 2021
    Description: The guideline covers the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea/ hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS), obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with OSAHS (COPD–OSAHS overlap syndrome) in people over 16

  • UKHSA Annual Flu Programme – Collection 2023-24

    Organisation: GOV.UK
    Type: Resources
    Date published: Updated 22nd September 2023
    Description: E-learning, videos and resources for healthcare professionals and anyone involved in delivering the flu immunisation programme.

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