Monday, 2 July 2012

New guidelines for GP's published by NICE to help identify autism spectrum disorders in UK adults

At the end of June the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published clinical guidelines to help healthcare professionals in the NHS better recognize, refer, diagnose and manage autism spectrum disorders in adults in the UK.
Read more about it at healthcare-today.co.uk here:
http://www.healthcare-today.co.uk/news/guidance-offered-to-gps-on-spotting-autism/22229/
Read more about it at guardian.co.uk here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2012/jun/28/nice-guidelines-improve-care-autism?newsfeed=true
Read what the National Autistic Society has to say about the NICE guidelines at autism.org.uk here:
http://www.autism.org.uk/news-and-events/news-from-the-nas/nhs-must-implement-nice-guidelines.aspx
Have a look at the NICE guidelines at nice.org.uk here:
http://www.nice.org.uk/CG142

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