The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produces a range of evidence-based recommendations for the health and social care sector (developed by independent committees, including professionals and lay members, and consulted on by stakeholders) in the form of NICE Guidance, Standards and Indicators, and Clinical Knowledge Summaries.
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Examples of key NICE guidance for health visiting include (note, this is not an exhaustive list):
Postnatal care: Quality Standard: Postnatal care QS37; and NICE Guideline NG194.
Antenatal and postnatal mental health: Clinical Management and Service Guideline CG 192; and Quality Standard 115.
Domestic Violence and Abuse: Quality Standard 116; and Multi-agency working public health guideline PH 50.
Maternal and child nutrition: Maternal and child nutrition and weight management in pregnancy, and nutrition in children up to 5 years NG 247.
Experiences of health care: Babies, children and young people's experience of healthcare NG 204.