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Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification

  • NICE guideline
  • Reference number: NG238
  • Published:  14 December 2023
  • Guidance
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  • Information for the public
  • Evidence
  • History

On this page

  1. Implementation support
  2. Resource impact
  3. Decision aids
  4. Audit and service improvement
  5. Research recommendations
  6. Guidance into practice

Tools and resources

Tools and resources to help you put the guidance into practice.

Implementation support

  • CVDPREVENT integrated care boards quality improvement packs

  • NHS England summary of national guidance for lipid management

  • Cardiovascular disease FAQ (Word 33 KB)

    Published:
    19 March 2024
  • GP Evidence website: summaries of the benefits and harms of treatments for preventing cardiovascular disease

  • NHS England improving lipid management to reduce cardiovascular disease and save lives

  • Medscape resources: guideline summaries and articles on implementing the guideline

  • NHS England statin intolerance pathway

Resource impact

  • Resource impact summary report: December 2023

  • Resource impact template: December 2023 (Excel 1011 KB)

    Published:
    14 December 2023
  • Resource impact report: May 2023 (PDF 313 KB)

    Published:
    24 May 2023
  • Resource impact template: May 2023 (Excel 1.2 MB)

    Published:
    24 May 2023

Decision aids

  • Patient decision aid on should I take a statin? (PDF 806 KB)

    Published:
    24 May 2023
  • Patient decision aid information

Audit and service improvement

  • Baseline assessment tool (Excel 55 KB)

    Published:
    14 December 2023

Research recommendations

  • Research recommendations information

Guidance into practice

  • About the Into practice guide

  • Practical steps to improving the quality of care and services using NICE guidance

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