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Guidance for the NHS when patients want to buy care services that the NHS does not normally fund.
How to care for people with alcohol-use disorders in acute hospitals, covering assessment, providing a multidisciplinary approach, managing withdrawal, treating complications and planning discharge to ensure continuity of ca…
Guidance for NHS hospitals and independent hospitals (providing NHS-funded care) in England about how to comply with the requirements of the act.
Information about the rights and pledges in the NHS Constitution and what these mean for NHS patients and staff.
How mental health practitioners can manage risk including self-harm and harm to others.
Information on the safety of transplanting human organs, tissues and cells from the advisory committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO).
Prevention of CJD and vCJD by the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens' Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (ACDP TSE) subgroup.
Guidance on running the National Child Measurement Programme, which collects the height and weight of reception and year 6 children across England every year.
How to commission successful and safe services to support women and girls with female genital mutilation (FGM).
Experts through experience identified their priorities for providing high quality alcohol treatment and recovery. They emphasised the importance of personalised, non-judgemental treatment within a recovery-oriented system of…
These principles of care outline evidence-based approaches for supporting people with problem alcohol use. This includes building trusting relationships, reducing stigma, working with families and carers, and promoting inclu…
Information leaflets for patients who have been brought to hospital by a police officer under section 135 or 136 of the Mental Health Act.
Outlines the provisions of the Advertising (Less Healthy Food Definitions and Exemptions) Regulations 2024 which will come into force on 5 January 2026.
How to get state healthcare if you live, work or study in Portugal.
How to get state healthcare if you live, work or study in Greece.
Sets out 6 objectives to improve mental health, wellbeing and outcomes for people with mental health problems.
How to use ‘on hold’ health claims that are still under consideration in the EU in Great Britain.
Sets out the government's quality standards for mental health services.
Statutory guidance published on joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) and joint health and wellbeing strategies (JHWSs).
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for disabled adults.
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