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What is a Guideline?

It’s advice on health care management based on a set of national or local standards which have general professional support. A guideline is often produced by experts and reflects the literature and current best practice. It is agreed guidance written down to set a standard or to determine a course of action

If you have the web link to any useful local guideline or you have any suggestions about how we can improve this section email them to contact@bristolgpsolutions.org.uk

In the UK

National Institute for Clinical excellence publishes guidelines for the NHS:
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=guidelines.completed

The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN):
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/published/

Royal College of Physicians Guidelines:
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/standards.asp

National Clinical Guideline Centre (NCGC). The National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (NCC-CC) merged with three other national collaborating centres (Primary Care, Acute Care and Nursing & Supportive Care) on 1 April 2009 to form the National Clinical Guideline Centre (NCGC). The NCGC, funded by NICE and hosted by the Royal College of Physicians of London, is the largest centre in the UK developing clinical guidelines to describe care for long term conditions delivered across primary and secondary care.
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/CLINICAL-STANDARDS/NCGC/Pages/overview.aspx

eGuidelines summarises guidelines for primary care:
http://www.eguidelines.co.uk

Database for non clinical guidelines
http://www.rcgp.org.uk/information/gpdatabase/

In the US

National Guideline Clearinghouse is a public resource for evidence based clinical practice guidelines:
www.guideline.gov 

Questions you should ask about guidelines

Questions you should ask about guidelines


Terry Kemple is responsible for this page. It was last updated  and will be reviewed by 1/1/10.