Guideline 

Implementation Support Resources

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 23)
• Checklist for provision of information (page 21)
• Emollient advice (pages 31-32)

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 45)
• Checklist for provision of information (page 39)
• Sample management protocol (page 58)

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 18)
• Checklist for provision of information (page 17)

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Prevention and management of venous thromboembolism

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 64)
• Algorithm for assessing the risk of VTE (page 76)
• Assessment tools (pages 78-80)
• Example patient information leaflets (pages 81-82)

Diagnosis and management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in adults

• Quick reference guide
• Implementation strategy
• Care pathway (page 6)
• Assessment tools
• BMJ summary
• Patient booklet

Management of chronic venous leg ulcers

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 26)
• Assessment tools (pages 34-37)
• Example patient information leaflet (pages 24-25)

Management of patients with stroke: Identification and management of dysphagia

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 23)
• Swallow screen algorithm (pages 29-30)
• Assessment tools (pages 31-36)
• Oral care protocol (page 37)
• Assessment of patient suitability for PEG tube algorithm (pages 37-38)
• Postdischarge monitoring for patients on home enteral tube feeding algorithm (page 39)

Management of patients with stroke: rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (pages 73-74)
• Resource implications of key recommendations (page 71)
• Patient information leaflets

Management of sore throat and indications for tonsillectomy

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 21)
• Patient information leaflet (pages 31-34)
• Training module developed in partnership with NES

Management of diabetes

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (pages 113-114)
• Patient booklet
• Costing template

Management of obesity

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 55)
• Healthy eating information (pages 46-48)
• Evidence notes, with cost analysis, for bariatic surgery and weight management programmes
• Assessment questionnaires (pages 71-75)
• Primary care pathway (pages 76-79)

Non-pharmaceutical management of depression

• Quick reference guide
• Patient booklet
• Audit tool
• Depression implementation pack  containing:
• Patient version of the SIGN guideline
• Slide set about the SIGN guideline that may be used for local awareness raising
• PHQ9 depression screening form
• A number of patient leaflets and self-help resources
• Links to Scottish Government and NES depression resources

Diagnosis and pharmacological management of Parkinson’s disease

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (pages 40-41)
• Patient information guidance (pages 37-39)
• Non-motor symptoms questionnaire (page 53)

Management of attention deficit and hyperkinetic disorders in children and young people

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 32)
• Resource implications (page 31)
• Patient information leaflet
• Treatment selection pathway (page 40)
• SIGN Rocket

Management of hip fracture in older people

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 35)
• Audit tool
• Costing template
• SIGN Rocket

Early management of patients with a head injury

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (pages 43-44)
• Audit tool
• Rocket
• A range of patient leaflets
• Example of head injury observation chart
• Neurological assessment tool using the Glasgow Coma Scale
• Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT)
• Example of a proforma for routine documentation of head injury in adult patients
• Example of a proforma for routine documentation of head injury in children over five years of age
• Example of a proforma for routine documentation of head injury in children under five years of age
• Example of a neurosurgical referral form
• Example of a proforma for routine documentation of head injury in children under five years of age

Management of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection

• Quick reference guide
• Resource and Budget Impact Report
• Rocket
• Audit criteria (page 26)

Management of patients with stroke or TIA:
Assessment, investigation, immediate management and secondary prevention

• Quick reference guide
• Carotid stenosis measurement guide
• Clinical and resource impact assessment
• Slide set 
• Patients and carers booklet
• Audit criteria (page 56)
• Assessment scales (pages 76-90)

Diagnosis and management of headache in adults

• Quick reference guide
• BMJ Summary
• NHS Education Scotland CPD training module
• Audit criteria (page 51)
• Headache diary template (page 74)

Control of pain in adults with cancer

• Quick reference guide
• Rocket
• Patients and carers booklet
• Audit criteria (page 48)

Management of acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria (page 40)

Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery

• Quick reference guide
• Surgery Specific Quick Reference Guides (for local annotation)
• Audit criteria (page 42)
• Cost effectiveness tool for using antibiotic prophylaxis (pages 38-40)

• Quick reference guide
• Algorithm for screening, assessment and diagnosis of patients with chronic kidney disease (page 14)
• Example information leaflet for patients (page 29)
• Resource implications of key recommendations (page 32)
• Audit criteria (page 34)

Management of invasive meningococcal disease in children and young people

• Quick reference guide
• Early assessment algorithm (page 6)
• Glasgow Meningococcal Septicaemia Prognostic Scoring Tool (page 37)

British Guideline on the management of asthma

• Quick reference guide
• Case studies 
• Educational slides 
• Evidence tables 
• Be in Control materials
• Occupational asthma record forms
• Care pathways for different settings (pages 98-106)
• Add-on therapy guide (page 40)
• Stepwise management guides for adults and children (pages 43-45)
• Example Personal Asthma Action Plan (page 107-108)

Management of cervical cancer

• Quick reference guide
• Rocket
• Algorithm for the investigation of post-coital bleeding (page 58)
• Algorithm of imaging to detect relapsed disease (page 64)
• Algorithm for management of renal failure in patients with cervical cancer (page 65)
• Screening tool for measuring distress (page 66)
• National minimum dataset proforma for the histopathological reporting of cervical neoplasia (page 60)

Assessment, diagnosis and clinical
interventions for children and young
people with autism spectrum disorders

• Quick reference guide
• Patient version in different languages
• Audit criteria
• Structured instruments for use in screening high risk groups (page 59)

Heart disease

• Quick reference guide
• ASSIGN Risk Estimation Tool
• Resource implications calculator
• Slides
• Posters
• Patient version in different languages
• Datasets
• Diagnostic algorithm for patients with suspected chronic heart failure
• Practical guidance for pharmacotherapy
• Algorithm for management of acute coronary syndromes

Management of hepatitis C

• Quick reference guide
• Patient information leaflet
• Diagnostic pathway (page 6)
• Audit criteria (page 37)

Bronchiolitis in children

• Quick reference guide
• Parent information leaflet
• Audit criteria (page 31)

Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer

• Quick reference guide
• Rocket
• Care pathway (page 55)
• Core data set www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/Head_and_Neck_Definitions_March%202005.pdf

Diagnosis and management of peripheral arterial disease

• Quick reference guide
• Patient information leaflet
• Audit criteria (page 26)
• Guide for measuring ankle brachial pressure index (page 29)

Management of suspected bacterial urinary tract infection in adults

• Quick reference guide
• Care pathways (pages 34-37
• Audit criteria (page 25)

Management of oesophageal and gastric cancer

• Quick reference guide
• Rocket
• Audit criteria (pages 46 and 59)

Management of patients with dementia

• Quick reference guide
• Information booklet for patients and carers
• Resource implications (page 27)
• Audit criteria (page 29)
• Diagnostic criteria (page 34-40)
• Mini-Mental State Examination (page 41)
• Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (page 48)

Management of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

• Quick reference guide

Management of breast cancer in women

• Quick reference guide
• Rocket
• Audit criteria (page 38)
• Resource implications (page 39)

Prevention and management of dental decay in the pre-school child

• Quick reference guide
• Information leaflet for patients
• Audit criteria (page 29)

Bipolar affective disorder

• Quick reference guide
• Guidance on information giving (pages 27-28)
• Audit criteria (page 25)
• Resource implications (page 26)

Diagnosis and management of epilepsies in children and young people

• Quick reference guide
• Information booklet for parents and carers
• Audit criteria (page 31)
• Classification of epilepsy syndromes (pages 34-37)
• Treatment protocol for an acute tonic-clonic convulsion in a hospital setting (page 45)

Management of patients with lung cancer

• Quick reference guide
• Information booklet for patients and carers
• Staging guidance (pages 50-51)
• Resource implications (pages 54-55)

Management of urinary incontinence in primary care

• Quick reference guide
• Information leaflet for patients
• Audit criteria (page 25)
• Care pathway (pages 34-35)
• Resource implications (pages 36-37)

Postoperative management in adults

• Quick reference guide
• Example information sheet for discussion with patients (page 44)
• Example Postoperative Monitoring Chart (page 51)
• Audit tool

Long term follow up care of survivors of childhood cancer

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria

Epithelial ovarian cancer

• Quick reference guide
• Resource implications

The management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence in primary care

• Quick reference guide
• Alcohol screening tools
• Audit criteria
• Algorithm for brief interventions

Management of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome in adults

• Quick reference guide
• Sample sleep habit questionnaire
• Audit criteria
• Resource implications

• Quick reference guide
• Melanoma management flow chart (page 15)
• Patient information (pages 37-38)

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria

• Quick reference guide
• Checklist of information for patients and carers
• Audit criteria
• Guide to differential diagnosis of epileptic seizures (page 41)
• Algorithm for treatment after first tonic-clonic seizure (page 42)

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria
• Patient information
• Slide set for awareness raising

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria
• Possible cost savings
• Example information leaflet
• Care pathway (page 30)
• Links to other useful resources

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria
• Costing from a randomised trial of secondary prevention clinics in primary care
• Resource implications of cardiac rehabilitation
• Staff requirements for a cardiac rehabilitation service
• EQ-5D quality of life measure
• SF-3 measure of general health status
• Dartmouth Coop Chart
• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS
• Quality of Life after Myocardial Infraction (QLMI) Questionnaire
• Cardiovascular and Symptoms Profile – CLASP
• Information for patients
• Links to other useful resources

• Quick reference guide
• Audit criteria