National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Local authorities should work with local organisations to:
- Set up a multi-agency partnership for suicide prevention. This could consist of a core group and a wider network of representatives.
- Identify clear leadership for the partnership.
- Ensure the partnership has clear terms of reference, based on a shared understanding that suicide can be prevented.
- Ensure the partnership has clear governance and accountability structures. Include oversight from local health and ...
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
If prescribing an AChE inhibitor (donepezil, galantamine or rivastigmine), treatment should normally be started with the drug with the lowest acquisition cost (taking into account required daily dose and the price per dose once shared care has started). However, an alternative AChE inhibitor could be prescribed if it is considered appropriate when taking into account adverse event profile, expectations about adherence, medical comorbidity, possibility of drug interactions and dosing profiles.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Involving people in decision-making
- Encourage and enable people living with dementia to give their own views and opinions about their care.
- If needed, use additional or modified ways of communicating (for example visual aids or simplified text).
- Consider using a structured tool to assess the likes and dislikes, routines and personal history of a person living with dementia.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Clinicians wishing to do subcutaneous automated low-flow pump implantation for refractory ascites should:
- Inform the clinical governance leads in their NHS trusts.
- Ensure that patients understand the procedure's safety and efficacy, as well as any uncertainties about these. Provide them with clear written information to support shared decision-making. In addition, the use of NICE's information for the public is recommended.
- Audit and review clinical outcomes of all patients having ...