Listed below is the high level evidence on the Deteriorating patient and their handover produced by NICE, SIGN and NHS based organisations. Also included are the European Society guidelines where available. This list is produced and maintained by HEFT Library Services to support VITAL 4 Doctors core skills programme developed in the Trust.
Local (HEFT) Policies
Review: May 2011
Guidelines on breaking bad news
Review: December 2012
NICE (guidelines and pathways)
CG50: July 2007
Map of Medicine
End of life care in adults: Assessment and care planning
April 2013
Other National Guidelines & Non-UK Guidelines (includes Professional Bodies/Associations)
The medical patient at risk: recognition and care of the ill or the deteriorating medical patient
Royal College of Physicians
May 2013
Care of the deteriorating patient Guidance
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
February 2013
Guidelines for the provision of anaesthetic services for resuscitation
Chapter 8
Royal College of anaesthetists
May 2013
Patient experience in adult NHS services
Improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS services
NCGC Clinical guidance : CG138
February 2012
Delivering safe care - seven days a week
NHS Improvement
January 2012
Systematic Reviews – Cochrane Library
Interventions for fatigue and weight loss in adults with advanced progressive illness
November 2011
May 2007
Further information:
The following sources have been searched for evidence published in the previous 12 months: HEFT Policies, Map of Medicine, Cochrane Library and NHS Evidence. Please contact [email protected] for any further information.
For more information on how to make the most use of the HEFT Library Services, visit www.heftlibrary.nhs.uk. Visit NHS Evidence www.evidence.nhs.uk to access your guidelines, Cochrane systematic reviews, journals and databases.