Audit Information for Primary Health Care Teams

This section of the NICE Implementation Tool has been designed to make finding essential information for Primary Healthcare Teams quick and easy - much of the information in this section also may be found on other sections of the Website.

The full NICE Guideline algorithms can be seen in the NICE implementation section of this website.

It is recommended that local health communities should review their existing service provision for people with schizophrenia against NICE Guidance as they begin the development of their Local Delivery Plans. The review should consider the resources required to implement fully the recommendations set out in Section 1 of the NICE Guidance, the people and processes involved, and the timeline over which full implementation is envisaged. Clearly, it is in the interests of service users and carers that the implementation timeline, as determined by each local health community, is as rapid as possible.

NHS organisations should consider the value of advising service users and carers of their response to this guidance. In addition, NHS organisations should review the skills of existing staff and teams, identify gaps and put in place training arrangements that will ensure that staff are adequately equipped to implement the recommendations in this guideline.

In addition relevant local clinical guidelines and protocols should be reviewed in the light of this guidance and revised accordingly.