1. NICE is the short name for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
We find out what works well in health and social care and write advice about it.
The advice says what care and support people using services should have.

2. Quality standards What are quality standards?
Why do we write quality standards?
How do we write quality standards?
All NICE quality standards

3. What are quality standards?
A short list of the main things that can make care and services better for people who need to use them.

4. Why do we write quality standards?
We want to make sure that people get the best care and support they can.

5. How do we write quality standards?
We look in NICE guidelines.
We ask people what needs to change the most.

6. All NICE quality standards
See all of NICE’s quality standards at

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