TY  - JOUR
AB  - 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.
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
SN  - 1359-5474
DO  - 10.1108/TLDR-12-2016-0044
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-12-2016-0044
AU  - Murphy Glynis
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - The NICE guidelines and quality standards on learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges
T2  - Tizard Learning Disability Review
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 71
EP  - 81
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -