Guidelines

Book

BSR's 'gold standard' clinical guidelines support evidence-based clinical practice in rheumatology.

Our guidelines grow out of the collaborative efforts of many members and non-members, specialists and generalists, patients and carers.

Firmly embedded in clinical practice – users lead the proposal, selection and development of all guideline topics – we choose new areas, areas where there is clinical uncertainty, where mortality or morbidity can be reduced.

All guidelines are published in Rheumatology journal under an ‘open access’ licence.

NICE accredits our clinical guideline process; this is valid until February 2022.

We want to hear your experiences of using the guidelines to help us spot patterns, create case studies and find solutions to problems.

How has care in your unit improved through implementation? What clinical issues have you resolved by using a guideline? Are you or your unit having problems implementing any part of the guidelines?

If there is anything else you would like to share with us about planning, creating, auditing or using the guidelines, please email guidelines@rheumatology.org.uk.

BSR's 'gold standard' clinical guidelines support evidence-based clinical practice in rheumatology.

Our guidelines grow out of the collaborative efforts of many members and non-members, specialists and generalists, patients and carers.

Firmly embedded in clinical practice – users lead the proposal, selection and development of all guideline topics – we choose new areas, areas where there is clinical uncertainty, where mortality or morbidity can be reduced.

Our guidelines are developed using the methods and processes outlined in Creating Clinical Guidelines: British Society for Rheumatology Protocol and overseen by our Guidelines Steering Group.

Overview

BSR's 'gold standard' clinical guidelines support evidence-based clinical practice in rheumatology.

Our guidelines grow out of the collaborative efforts of many members and non-members, specialists and generalists, patients and carers.

Firmly embedded in clinical practice – users lead the proposal, selection and development of all guideline topics – we choose new areas, areas where there is clinical uncertainty, where mortality or morbidity can be reduced.

All guidelines are published in Rheumatology journal under an ‘open access’ licence.

NICE accredits our clinical guideline process; this is valid until February 2022.

Current guidelines

Guidelines in development

Guidelines under revision

Implementing guidelines

We want to hear your experiences of using the guidelines to help us spot patterns, create case studies and find solutions to problems.

How has care in your unit improved through implementation? What clinical issues have you resolved by using a guideline? Are you or your unit having problems implementing any part of the guidelines?

If there is anything else you would like to share with us about planning, creating, auditing or using the guidelines, please email guidelines@rheumatology.org.uk.

Overview

BSR's 'gold standard' clinical guidelines support evidence-based clinical practice in rheumatology.