NICE UPDATE MAY 2023

Just published!
Head injury: assessment and early management – this guidance focuses on the early assessment
and management within accident and emergency departments, transfer to neuroscience units and
criteria for discharge. You can see the guidance at https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng232
Other guidance in process of being developed:
Weight Management – https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10182
Weight Management in adults and children is now in committee stage. Dr Grace O’Malley is on the
committee: a paediatric physiotherapist and clinical researcher specialising in childhood obesity and
exercise science. She is based at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Draft guidance
consultation due 22 September 2023 - 03 November 2023 and publication due 5 th March 2024
Rehabilitation for Chronic Neurological Disorders Including Traumatic Brain Injury
This will include children and young people. The final scope document from which the committee
will develop the guidance has been published https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/gid-
ng10181/documents/final-scope and the guidance is being developed in committee. Consultation on
the draft guidance appears to have been postponed. The final guidance document is to be published
on 15 January 2025.
Epilepsy – extraordinary review expected publication date was 10th May but not published yet. This
is to review Valproate prescribing in children and adults under 55 years.
Meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal septicaemia: recognition, diagnosis and management
Expected publication date: 07 December 2023
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10149
Quality standards being developed Dates of consultations and publication to be confirmed.
Epilepsies in children, young people and adults (update) – expected publication date 07 December
2023 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-qs10162/documents
School based interventions: physical and mental health and wellbeing promotion
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-qs10070
Children and young people with disabilities and severe complex needs: integrated health and
social care support
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/awaiting-development/gid-qs10146
Infant, children and young people's experience of health care
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/awaiting-development/gid-qs10102
Pain management (young people and adults)
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/awaiting-development/gid-qs10093