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Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS): new topics and updates

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 News from NICE about new Clinical Knowledge Summaries

NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) topics are aimed at healthcare professionals working in primary and first contact care in the UK. The 370 topics cover 1000 clinical presentations or patient scenarios and are free to access.

The following CKS topics have been created or updated over the past months:
January:

  • Mental health in students is a new CKS topic. The evidence base has been reviewed in detail, and recommendations are clearly justified and transparently linked to the supporting evidence.
  • Diabetes type 2. The topic has undergone minor restructuring to improve clarity and navigation. The recommendations have been updated in line with current literature. Information on the hyperglycaemic emergency complication of hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS) has been added.
  • Tennis elbow. There have been minor structural changes, and a recommendation not to use corticosteroids routinely for treating tennis elbow has been added to this topic.
  • Contraindications and drug interactions for erythromycin in prescribing sections of multiple topics have been updated in line with an MHRA drug safety update.

February:

  • Contraception – emergency – the topic structure has been updated and the recommendations clarified in line with the updates Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) guidelines.
  • Contraception – IUS/IUD - the topic structure has been updated and the recommendations clarified in line with the updates Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) guidelines.
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