The NICE guidelines and quality standards on learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges
Abstract
Purpose
In 2014, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) announced it was going to develop its first set of guidelines on learning disabilities. The topic was “behaviour that challenges” and in May 2015 NICE published a full set of guidance (371 pages) covering service user and carer experiences, assessment, risk factors and interventions for behaviour that challenges (NICE, 2015). The linked quality standards were published later in 2015. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper explains the process of developing the guidance.
Findings
The final guidance is described in summary form, together with the quality standards.
Originality/value
This paper provides a brief summary of the NICE guidelines on people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges.
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Citation
Murphy, G. (2017), "The NICE guidelines and quality standards on learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges", Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-12-2016-0044
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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