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Acute respiratory infection in over 16s: initial assessment and management including virtual wards (hospital at home)

  • Quality standard
  • Reference number: QS210
  • Published:  31 October 2023
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  1. Implementation support
  2. Audit and service improvement
  3. Guidance into practice

Tools and resources

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

Implementation support

  • Implementation resources – Suspected acute respiratory infection in over 16s: assessment at first presentation and initial management

  • Implementation resources – Pneumonia: diagnosis and management

  • Implementation resources – Cough (acute): antimicrobial prescribing

  • Implementation resources – Sore throat (acute): antimicrobial prescribing

  • Implementation resources – Sinusitis (acute): antimicrobial prescribing

  • Implementation resources – Antimicrobial stewardship: systems and processes for effective antimicrobial medicine use

  • Implementation resources – Patient experience in adult NHS services: improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS services

  • Implementation resources – Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation

  • How to use quality standards

Audit and service improvement

  • Quality standard service improvement template (Excel 1.18 MB)

    Published:
    04 March 2025

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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