Clinical guidelines
As part of the RCN's clinical effectiveness work, it is supporting 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.
From 1 April 2009, the NCC for Nursing and Supportive Care has 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. Further information is available on the NICE and Royal College of Physicians websites. Go to the NICE news item: Merger creates largest guideline centre in UK.
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.