Best practice library – pathways
Click on the specialties below to expand and see all available pathways
Overarching pathway resources – all specialties
The pathways below are organised by specialty. For information on how these pathways are developed, please watch our video.
Acute and general medicine
Dermatology
Key pathway components:
Diabetes
- Hyperglycaemia: Initial management of hyperglycaemia in adults in the emergency department
- Hypoglycaemia: Management of patients admitted in hypoglycaemia
- Hypoglycaemia: Admit, observe or discharge – decision support tool
- Foot problem: Management of patients presenting to the emergency department with a foot problem
- Discharge support tool for new diagnosis of diabetes
- Discharge support tool for pre-existing diagnosis of diabetes
Ear, nose and throat
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
General surgery
Gynaecology
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
- Total hip replacement pathway
- Total Knee Replacement pathway
- Uni Knee Replacement pathway
- Elective total elbow replacement pathway
- Trauma total elbow replacement pathway
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction pathway
- Bunions pathway
- Therapeutic shoulder arthroscopy for rotator cuff repair OR subacromial decompression pathway
- Orthopaedic pathway code recipes
Paediatric surgery and urology
Spinal
- Posterior Lumbar Decompression / Discectomy pathway
- One or Two Level Posterior Fusion surgery (PLF / TLIF / PLIF) pathway
- Lumbar Nerve Root Block/Epidural pathway
- Lumbar Medial Branch Block/Facet Joint Injections pathway
- One or Two Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion/Disc Replacement
- Spinal pathway code recipes