As part of NHMRC, NICS works to improve health care by getting the best available evidence from health and medical research into everyday practice.
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Public Consultation on draft NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines
The National Health and Medical Research Council have now released two clinical practice guidelines for public consultation:
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, Adolescents and Children
This draft Guideline provides detailed evidence-based recommendations for assessing and managing overweight and obesity in adults, children and adolescents in primary care. Closing date for submissions is Monday 30 April 2012. Further information is available here.
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Borderline Personality Disorder
This draft Guideline will assist mental health clinicians and other health professionals to diagnose, treat and manage borderline personality disorder in adolescents and adults. Closing date for submissions is Monday 14 May 2012. Further information is available here.
To access the draft guidelines and for details about making a submission, please go the NHMRC Public Consultation website.
New Guideline Improves the Management of Volatile Substance Use
THE HON MARK BUTLER MP Minister for Mental Health and Ageing THE HON WARREN SNOWDON MP Minister for Indigenous Health The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, and Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, today welcomed Australia’s first Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Volatile Substance Use in Australia, and a quick-reference summary, to support heath workers treating clients in this challenging area.
In print
Emergency Department Stroke and TIA Care Bundle (2009)
Following the release of the NHMRC Emergency Department Stroke and TIA Care Bundle (2009) late last year, an editorial discussing the development of this innovative guideline implementation tool has been published in The Medical Journal of Australia. View the editorial at http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/193_07_041010/wee11485_fm.html.
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