Clinical guidelines
As part of the RCN's clinical effectiveness work, it has supported the development and implementation of clinical guidelines.
Clinical guidelines have been developed in collaboration with stakeholders including other professional bodies, practitioner and patient advocate groups, and a range of clinical guidelines has also been developed by the former National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care (NCC-NSC) which was based within the RCN Institute. The NCC for Nursing and Supportive Care was funded by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to develop clinical guidelines for the NHS in England and Wales. Information about specific clinical guidelines can be found below.
In April 2009, the NCC for Nursing and Supportive Care merged along with three other collaborating centres to form the National Clinical Guideline Centre (NCGC). It is hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and is led by Dr Ian Bullock, formerly Director of the NCC for Nursing and Supportive Care.
The centre is a multi-disciplinary health services research team funded by NICE. It produces evidence based clinical practice guidelines, which aim to improve the quality of patient care within the NHS in England and Wales. Visit: National Clinical Guideline Centre.
The RCN works closely with NCGC in its continued involvement with the development of clinical guidance, and newly emerging resources relating to the guidance listed here will be signposted as they become available. Where appropriate, existing RCN clinical guidelines will be augmented by a review of the latest evidence from research.
If you would like to be involved in the development or update of NICE guidelines on behalf of the RCN, please email Caroline Rapu (caroline.rapu@rcn.org.uk), RCN Project Manager. For further information see also NICE consultation gateway.
For full details of each clinical guideline and its associated publications see:
- falls
- irritable bowel syndrome
- pain in children
- perioperative fasting
- perioperative hypothermia
- pressure ulcers
- venous leg ulcers
- violence.
For background information on clinical guidelines and their development, go to: more about clinical guidelines.