Public Board of Directors papers 27.01.22

4. Effective

4.5 - NICE Guidance

Implementation of nationally agreed best practice The trust has a risk based process with divisional support to assess applicability and implement relevant guidance. Guidance that is not resolved or on the risk register is monitored and escalated if there are issues.

The trust aims to close guidance within 6 months of publication. Guidance may be: • compliant • not applicable to the trust • non or partially compliant with actions managed via the risk register Note: normal trust processes for NICE guidance were paused during the Covid19 pandemic, affecting timescales

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