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Anaesthesia
Arthritis
Asthma
Blood
Cancer
Children's Health
Clinical governance
Community care
Dentistry
Diabetes
Epilepsy
Fatal accident

Fractures
General Medicine
Healthcare Associated Infection
Heart disease
Infant Mortality
Learning Disabilities
Maternity Services
Mental Health
Neurological services
Nutritional Care
Obesity
Older People's Health

Out-of-Hours
Pain Management
Physical Disabilities
Post-mortem
Pressure Ulcers
Primary Care
Procedures
Renal
Screening
Sexual Health
Skin
Specialist Palliative Care

Stroke
Substance Misuse
Vascular Services
Women's Health

Anaesthesia

Date	Title
Jun-07	Anaesthesia - Care Before, During and After Anaesthesia
Jul-03	Anaesthesia: Care Before, During and After Anaesthesia - Standards
Jul-03	Anaesthesia: Care before, during and after anaesthesia

Arthritis

Date	Title
Apr-08	NICE STA Guidance 140 and 141
Nov-07	Clinical Indicators 2007
Oct-07	NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 130: Adalimumab, etanercept and infliximab for the
Jul-06	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 104 Etanercept and infliximab for psoriatic arthritis
Nov-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 72 - use of anakinra for rheumatoid arthritis
Mar-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 35 - Etanercept for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic ar
Sep-01	The use of cyclo-oxegenase (Cox) II selective inhibitors for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

Asthma

Date	Title
May-08	Asthma Services for Children and Young People (incorporating Clinical Governance and Risk Management
Mar-08	NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 138
Dec-07	Nice (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No: 131 and No: 132
Nov-07	NICE (Single) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 133 – Omalizumab for severe allergic asthma
Mar-07	Asthma Services for Children and Young People Clinical Standards
Aug-06	Report of Consultation Events with Children, Young People and Parents
Apr-06	Asthma Services for Children - Draft Clinical Standards
Apr-06	Asthma Attack - Targeting Emergency Asthma Contacts in Children
Mar-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 38 Inhaler devices for routine treatment of chronic asthma

Blood

Date	Title
Aug-08	(Multiple)TA Guidance No 156 – Routine antenatal anti-D prophylaxis for women who are rhesus D-
Jul-08	Blood Transfusion
May-08	NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 142 – Epoetin alfa, epoetin beta and darbepoetin al
Aug-07	Evidence Note 17 Recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) for people with haemophilia who develop inhibitors
Oct-06	Clinical Standards - Blood Transfusion
Aug-04	Safe and Effective Transfusion in Scottish Hospitals - The Role of the Transfusion Nurse Specialist
Aug-04	Report of the Steering Group on the Safe, Effective and Efficient Use of Blood Components

Cancer

Date	Title
Jul-08	Standards for Cancer Services (Core, lung, ovarian, breast and bowel)
Jun-08	NICE Single Technology Appraisal Guidance No 145
May-08	NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 142 – Epoetin alfa, epoetin beta and darbepoetin al
Apr-08	Determining the most clinically and cost-effective way of implementing digital mammography services
Feb-08	NICE STA 137 Rituximab for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Jan-08	NICE (Multiple) TAG 135 Pemetrexed
Oct-07	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 129: Bortezomib monotherapy for relapsed multiple myeloma
Aug-07	Computed Tomography (CT) Colonography HTA Scoping Report
Aug-07	NICE STA 124: Pemetrexed
Apr-07	Draft Core Standards for Cancer Services
Mar-07	Bowel Screening Programme Clinical Standards
Feb-07	NICE STA 119: Fludarabine monotherapy - first-line treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Jan-07	NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 118 Bevacizumab and cetuximab
Jan-07	NICE (Single) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 116 Gemcitabine
Dec-06	Evidence Note 15
Nov-06	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 112 Breast Cancer
Sep-06	NICE Single Technology Appraisal No 109: Docetaxel for the adjuvant treatment of early node-positive
Sep-06	NICE Single Technology Appraisal No108: Paclitaxel for the adjuvant treatment of early node-positive
Aug-06	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 105 - Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer
Jun-06	NICE Guidance No 101 - Docetaxel for the treatment of hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer
Apr-06	NICE Guidance 100 Oxaliplatin and capecitabine - adjuvant treatment of colorectal cancer
Aug-05	NICE Technology Appraisal 93 - Colorectal cancer (advanced) - irinotecan, oxaliplatin, raltitrexe
May-05	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 91 - Treatment of advanced ovarian cancer
Jul-04	Evidence Note 7: Comparison of digital mammography and film screen mammography
Apr-04	Best Practice Statement - Skincare of Patients Receiving Radiotherapy
Apr-04	The Management of Pain in Patients with Cancer
Nov-03	Breast Screening - National Overview
Nov-03	Breast Screening - North
Nov-03	Breast Screening - North East of Scotland
Nov-03	Breast Screening - South East
Nov-03	Breast Screening - South West
Nov-03	Breast Screening - Tayside
Nov-03	Breast Screening - West
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Argyll & Clyde
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Ayrshire & Arran
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Borders
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Dumfries & Galloway
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Fife
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Forth Valley
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Grampian
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Greater Glasgow
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Highland
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Lanarkshire
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Lothian
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - National Overview
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Orkney
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Shetland
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Tayside
Nov-03	Cervical Screening - Western Isles
Oct-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 70 - Use of imatinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia
Sep-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 65 - the use of rituximab for aggressive non-hodgkin's lymphoma
May-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 61 - use of treatments for colorectal cancer
May-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 62 - the use of capecitabine for breast cancer
Dec-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 54 - The use of vinorelbine for the treatment of advanced brea
Dec-02	Breast Screening Standard 2002
Oct-02	Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in cancer management
Sep-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 50 - The use of imatinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia
Jul-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 45 Guidance on the use of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin h
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Argyll & Clyde
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Ayrshire & Arran
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Borders
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Dumfries & Galloway
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Fife
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Forth Valley
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Grampian
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Greater Glasgow (North)
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Greater Glasgow (South)
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Highland
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Lanarkshire
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Lothian
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Lothian (West)
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Orkney
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Shetland
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Tayside
Apr-02	Lung cancer services - Western Isles
Mar-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 34 Guidance on the use of trastuzumab (Herceptin) for the t
Mar-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 37 Guidance on the use of rituximab for recurrent or refrac
Mar-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No. 33: Guidance on the use of irinotecan, oxaliplatin and raltit
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Argyll & Clyde
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Ayrshire & Arran
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Borders
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Dumfries & Galloway
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Fife
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Forth Valley
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Grampian
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Greater Glasgow (North)
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Greater Glasgow (South)
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Highlands
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Lanarkshire
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Lothian
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Lothian (West)
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - National Overview
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Orkney
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Shetland
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Tayside
Mar-02	Breast cancer services - Western Isles
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Argyll & Clyde
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Ayrshire & Arran
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Borders
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Dumfries & Galloway
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Fife
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Forth Valley
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Grampian
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Greater Glasgow (North)
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Greater Glasgow (South)
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Highland
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Lanarkshire
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Lothian
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Lothian (West)
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - National Overview
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Orkney
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Shetland
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Tayside
Mar-02	Colorectal cancer services - Western Isles
Mar-02	Lung cancer services - national overview
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Argyll & Clyde
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Ayrshire & Arran
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Borders
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Dumfries & Galloway
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Fife
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Forth Valley
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Grampian Local Report
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Greater Glasgow (North)
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Greater Glasgow (South)
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Highland
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Lanarkshire
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Lothian
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Lothian (West)
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - National Overview
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Orkney
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Shetland
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Tayside
Mar-02	Ovarian cancer services - Western Isles
Sep-01	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 29: The use of fludarabine for B-cell chronic lymphocytic l
Sep-01	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 30: The use of taxanes for the treatment of breast cancer
Aug-01	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 28: Topotecan for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer
Aug-01	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 26 - use of docetaxel, paclitaxel, gemcitabine and vinorelbine

Children's Health

Date	Title
Sep-08	Developmental Co-ordination Disorder: Review Response
Sep-08	Best Practice Statement - Caring For The Child/Young Person With A Tracheostomy
May-08	Asthma Services for Children and Young People (incorporating Clinical Governance and Risk Management
Apr-08	Attention Deficit and Hyperkinetic Disorders - Services over Scotland
Jan-08	EN22 clinical and cost effectiveness of surgical insertion of grommets for otitis media in children
Dec-07	Nice (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No: 131 and No: 132
Nov-07	Developmental Co-ordination Disorder
Sep-07	Caring for children and young people in the community receiving enteral tube feeding
Aug-07	Key Findings Parents and Carers of Nasogastric and Gastrostomy Fed Children
Jul-07	ADHD – Services Over Scotland
Jun-07	Evidence Note 16: cranial orthosis treatment
Mar-07	Asthma Services for Children and Young People Clinical Standards
Feb-07	Scottish Audit of Genital Anomalies
Dec-06	Evidence Note 14
Aug-06	Report of Consultation Events with Children, Young People and Parents
Jul-06	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 102 Children with conduct disorders
Jun-06	Screening hips of newborns in Scotland - HTA Scoping Report
Apr-06	Glycaemic Control in Children and Adolescents Under 15 Years of Age with Type 1 Diabetes in Scotland
Apr-06	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 99 Immunosuppressive therapy - renal transplantation in children
Apr-06	Asthma Services for Children - Draft Clinical Standards
Apr-06	Asthma Attack - Targeting Emergency Asthma Contacts in Children
Mar-06	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 98 Methylphenidate, atomoxetine and dexamfetamine
Dec-05	Evidence Note 11: Dynamic lycra splinting for children with cerebral palsy
Jul-05	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 92 ¿ HealOzone for tooth decay
May-05	Evaluating the Effectiveness of the National Special Needs System - Final Report
Sep-04	Children's Health Services Steering Group
May-04	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 79 - Newer drugs for epilepsy in children
Apr-04	Review of healthcare services for children and adults with learning disabilities
Mar-04	Routine ultrasound scanning before 24 weeks of pregnancy
Mar-04	Routine ultrasound scanning before 24 weeks of pregnancy
Nov-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 72 - use of anakinra for rheumatoid arthritis
Jan-03	Nasogastric and gastrostomy tube feeding for children being cared for in the community
Sep-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 50 - The use of imatinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia
Sep-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No. 48 - Guidance on home compared with hospital haemodialysis fo
Jul-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 46 Guidance on the use of surgery to aid weight reduction f
May-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 42 Guidance on the use of human growth hormone (somatropin)
May-02	Home Oxygen Therapy for children being cared for in the community
Mar-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 35 - Etanercept for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic ar
Mar-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 36 Guidance on the use of etanercept and infliximab for the
Mar-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 38 Inhaler devices for routine treatment of chronic asthma
Oct-01	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance - No. 31 - The use of sibutramine for the treatment of obesity
Sep-01	The use of cyclo-oxegenase (Cox) II selective inhibitors for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical governance

Date	Title
Oct-08	Strathmartine Hospital Improvement Review Report
Sep-08	Best Practice Statement - Caring For The Child/Young Person With A Tracheostomy
Sep-08	Rapid review of the front-loaded model and proposed application within Scottish Ambulance Service
Jun-08	Clinical Governance & Risk Management local reports
Jun-08	Stoma Care Audit Scotland: Febuary 2008
May-08	Asthma Services for Children and Young People (incorporating Clinical Governance and Risk Management
May-08	Protocol for systematic review on provision of patient information
Apr-08	The clinical and cost effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
Apr-08	Determining the most clinically and cost-effective way of implementing digital mammography services
Apr-08	The clinical and cost effectiveness of thromboelastography/thromboelastometry
Jan-08	EN22 clinical and cost effectiveness of surgical insertion of grommets for otitis media in children
Jan-08	Service delivery organistation for acute low back pain
Jan-08	Evidence note 21: Antiviral treatment for shingles and its complications in immunocompetent adults
Dec-07	Incident Reporting Culture Survey board reports
Dec-07	NHSScotland Incident Reporting Culture Study
Oct-07	Clinical Governance and Risk Management National Overview October 2007
Sep-07	Using data to improve surgical care - the surgical profiles project
Sep-07	Interim report of Clinical Governance and Risk Management review cycle
Sep-07	Protocol for review of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Aug-07	CIRIS - Clinical Improvement in Radiological Imaging Systems
Apr-07	Caring for the patient with a tracheostomy
Jun-06	A Realist Synthesis of Evidence Relating to Practice Development
Apr-06	Outcome of the Scoping for an Health Technology Assessment in Homeopathy
Mar-06	Patient group directions
Jan-06	Patient Safety - Review of Incident and Near-Miss Reporting
Jan-06	The Impact of Nursing on Patient Clinical Outcomes - Developing Quality Indicators to Improve Care
Oct-05	Clinical Governance and Risk Management - National Standards
Jun-05	Interim Review of Clinical Governance and Risk Management Arrangements in NHSScotland
Apr-05	Clinical Governance and Risk Management Draft Standards
Aug-04	Emergency Medical Admissions Scoping Group
Oct-03	Evidence Note 4: A&E department streaming system
May-03	Generic clinical governance
Oct-02	Community hospitals - Self-Assessment
Mar-02	Generic standards (reprint)

Community care

Date	Title
Jan-03	Nasogastric and gastrostomy tube feeding for children being cared for in the community
Dec-02	The preparation of injections in near patient areas including clinical and home environments
May-02	Home Oxygen Therapy for children being cared for in the community

Dentistry

Date	Title
Jul-05	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 92 ¿ HealOzone for tooth decay
Mar-04	Draft National Standards for Dental Services

Diabetes

Date	Title
Jul-08	NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 151
Mar-08	Diabetes National Overview Follow-up Report
Nov-07	Diabetes Follow-up Reports
Dec-06	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 113
Apr-06	Glycaemic Control in Children and Adolescents Under 15 Years of Age with Type 1 Diabetes in Scotland
Jan-05	Evidence Note 8: Continuous glucose monitors in diabetes mellitus
Mar-04	Diabetes - Tayside Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Argyll and Clyde Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Ayrshire and Arran Local report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Borders Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Dumfries and Galloway Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Fife Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Forth Valley Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Grampian Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Greater Glasgow Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Highland Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Lanarkshire Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Lothian Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - National Overview
Mar-04	Diabetes - Orkney Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Shetland Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetes - Western Isles Local Report
Mar-04	Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Standard
Aug-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 63 - use of Glitazones for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
May-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 60 - guidance on the use of patient-education models for diabetes
May-03	Diabetic retinopathy screening
Feb-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 57 - use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion for diabetes
Dec-02	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 53 - The use of long-acting insulin analogues for the treatmen
Nov-02	Overview of organisation of services for diabetic retinopathy screening
Oct-02	Diabetes - Second Edition
Apr-02	Organisation of services for diabetic retinopathy screening
Jan-02	Organisation of services for diabetic retinopathy screening

Epilepsy

Date	Title
May-04	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 79 - Newer drugs for epilepsy in children
Mar-04	NICE Guidance No. 76 - Newer drugs for epilepsy in adults

Fatal accident

Date	Title
Sep-07	Fatal Accident Inquiries - A Guide for NHS staff

Fractures

Date	Title
Oct-05	Effectiveness of Strategies for the Secondary Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures in Scotland

General Medicine

Date	Title
Sep-08	EN24: Acupuncture for low back pain
Sep-08	NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 158
Aug-08	NICE (Multiple) TA Guidance No 155 – Ranibizumab and Pegaptanib for Age-related Macular Degeneration
Aug-08	NICE SingleTechnology Appraisal Guidance No 153 - Entecavir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B
Aug-08	Single Technology Appraisal Guidance No 154 - Telbivudine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B
May-08	NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 143
Nov-07	Clinical Indicators 2007
Aug-06	HTA Advice The use of epoetin alfa before orthopaedic surgery in patients with mild anaemia
Aug-06	The use of epoetin alfa before orthopaedic surgery in patients with mild anaemia
Aug-06	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 106 Peginterferon alfa and ribavarin for mild chronic hepatitis C
Mar-06	Patient group directions
Feb-06	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 96 - Hepatitis B (chronic) - adefovir dipivoxil and peginterfe
May-05	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 90 - Clopidogrel and modified-release dipyridamole
Feb-05	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 87 - Prevention of fragility fractures in postmenopausal women
Sep-04	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 84 - Drotrecogin alfa (activated) for severe sepsis
Apr-04	Guidance on the use of zaleplon, zolpidem and zopiclone for the short-term management of insomnia
Jan-04	28-01-04 NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 75 - treatment of chronic hepatitis C
Dec-03	Organisation of Troponin Testing Services in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Aug-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 64 - use of somatropin in adults with growth hormone deficiency
Feb-03	NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 58 - use of zanamivir, oseltamivir and amantadine for the treatme
Oct-02