NICE Guidance - April 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have published new or updated guidance for the month of April 2025. This month there are two guidelines that impact upon primary care.
The Suspected cancer: recognition and referral guideline has been updated. It covers identifying children, young people and adults with symptoms that could be caused by cancer. It outlines appropriate investigations in primary care, and selection of people to refer for a specialist opinion. This update has amended the recommendations on initial testing for myeloma.
The Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and in people 50 and over at higher risk guideline has been published. It covers assessing risk of falling and interventions to prevent falls in all people aged 65 and over, and people aged 50 to 64 who are at higher risk of falls. It aims to reduce the risk and incidence of falls, and the associated distress, pain, injury, loss of confidence, loss of independence and mortality.
Action: Clinicians should be aware of this month's new guidance and implement any necessary changes to practice.
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