NICE clinical case scenarios

Clinical case scenarios are an educational resource that can be used for individual or group learning. Each question should be considered by the individual or group before referring to the answers.The resource is available in a PDF document for individual learning or as a power point presentation to help facilitate group learning.

Here is a list of clinical case scenarios that are currently available:

• CG108 Chronic heart failure
• CG113 Anxiety
• CG122 Ovarian cancer
• CG123 Common mental health disorders
• CG126 Stable angina: chest pain algorithm
• CG127 Hypertension
• CG131 Colorectal cancer
• CG133 Self-harm (longer-term management) 
• CG135 Organ donation
• CG137 Epilepsy

Investing in emotional and psychological wellbeing for patients with long-term conditions

"This report brings together the evidence across diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary heart disease, plus medically unexplained symptoms, to present a business case for investing in psychological services."

Investing in emotional and psychological wellbeing for patients with long-term conditions
Mental Health Network - NHS Confederation
April 2012

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"NHS Confederation summarises the new Mental Health Network report, and describes how primary and secondary health services can improve patient outcomes, while reducing the overall costs of care for the NHS."

Read a summary here.

Cost of co-morbidities

"Developing more integrated support for people with mental and physical health problems could improve outcomes and play a significant part in helping the NHS meet the QIPP challenge."

Long-term conditions and mental health: the cost of co-morbidities
C Naylor, M Parsonage, D McDaid, M Knapp, M Fossey, A Galea
The King's Fund
February 2012

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Guidance for commissioners of primary mental health care services

"Mental health problems should be managed mainly in primary care by the primary health care team working collaboratively with other services, with access to specialist expertise and to a range of secondary care services as required."

Guidance for commissioners of primary mental health care services: volume 2: practical mental health commissioning
Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health
February 2012

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Guidance for commissioners of dementia service

"Specialist dementia services support people during particular phases of their illness, including at diagnosis, during a stay in an acute general hospital, or when they are experiencing behavioural or psychosocial problems that require expertise beyond that normally provided by the primary care team."

Guidance for commissioners of dementia service: volume 2: practical mental health commissioning
Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health
February 2012

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Guidance for commissioners of liaison mental health services to acute hospitals

"Commissioning of acute liaison services should be universally included in contracts for the provision of acute hospital services and concord to standards set by professional and regulatory authorities."

Guidance for commissioners of liaison mental health services to acute hospitals: volume 2: practical mental health commissioning
Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health
February 2012

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Guidance for commissioners of mental health services for young people making the transition from child and adolescent to adult services

"Commissioners must work with public health colleagues to ensure that the needs of young people with mental health problems, including those young people whose needs are primarily met within education, social care and nonstatutory agencies and young people in contact with the criminal justice system, are identified in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)."

Guidance for commissioners of mental health services for young people making the transition from child and adolescent to adult services: volume 2: practical mental health commissioning
Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health
February 2012

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Delivering sustainable cost improvement programmes

This report is aimed at acute, ambulance, mental health and specialist NHS trusts and foundation trusts, and summaries how successful organisations approach the delivery of cost improvement programmes.

Delivering sustainable cost improvement programmes
Audit Commission
January 2012

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Economic case for improving efficiency and quality in mental health

This document outlines the opportunities to make value for money savings in delivering mental health services using the QIPP approach, and by promoting early intervention and prevention of mental health problems. This paper supports No health without mental health.

No health without mental health: A cross-Government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages: Supporting document - The economic case for improving efficiency and quality in mental health
Department of Health
2 February 2011

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Mental health and the productivity challenge

The report suggests that there are real opportunities to change the way mental health services are delivered in oder to achieve more within existing budgets.

Mental health and the productivity challenge: improving quality and value for money
C. Naylor, A. Bell
The King's Fund
2010

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Mental health and the productivity challenge

"Mental health accounts for 12 per cent of the commissioning budgets of primary care trusts (PCTs) and will need to play its part in responding to the financial challenge."

Mental health and the productivity challenge: improving quality and value for money
C Naylor, A Bell
The King's Fund
December 2010

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