Clinical Guidance
We translate new initiatives and research into local summary guidelines to promote equitable and effective primary care.
NHS HEalth checks
- NHS Health Check Flowchart [PDF 181KB] (produced by CEG)
- National guidance for commissioners and providers (links to healthcheck.nhs.uk)
CEG does not recommend lipid testing in people with a QRisk of less than 7.5%
This view is endorsed by North East London local authority public health teams. 70% of women under 60 years of age and 70% of men under 55 years of age without additional major risk factors have a 10-year cardiovascular disease risk lower than 7.5%. For these people - which is the majority of people attending NHS Health Checks - a blood test is costly and unnecessary. It conveys no useful information to the overwhelming majority of those at low risk of cardiovascular disease.
respiratory
- Reducing the use of ICS in mild-moderate COPD, April 2017 [PDF 412KB]
- CEG Reducing ICS COPD - patient information leaflet v4 [PDF 325KB]
HbA1c Conversion Chart [PDF 57KB]
cardiovascular
- Triple Aim: Optimising CVD medicines [PDF 907KB] [Feb 2020]
- Brief document on Optimising statin dose, April 2016 [PDF 442KB]
- Heart Failure Update, Nov 2015 [PDF 610KB]
- Statin Guidance Update, June 2015 [PDF 730KB]
- Atrial Fibrillation, Improving Anticoagulation, May 2014 [PDF 790KB]
- Atrial Fibrillation Improving Anticoagulation Update, Oct 2014 [PDF 788KB]
renal
