Draft Guidance: Aggressive behaviour in people receiving NHS or social care: prevention and management. Consultation.

Source: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published on this website Thursday 3 September 2026 by Jill Powell

Draft guidance consultation

You can now review and comment on this draft guideline.

The consultation closes on 16/09/26 at 5pm

Expected publication date January 20 January 2027

How to comment

1. Register your organisation or comment as an individual

If you’re commenting for an organisation, your organisation needs to be registered as a stakeholder.

Not eligible? Contact the stakeholder organisation that most closely represents your interests and pass your comments to them.

NICE can accept comments from individuals. These will be considered, but you won’t get a formal response and they won’t be posted on the NICE website. Wherever possible we encourage you to submit your comments through a registered stakeholder organisation.

2. Read the consultation documents

Documents to comment on:

• Draft guideline
• Evidence reviews
  • Evidence review A
  • Evidence review B
  • Evidence review C
  • Evidence review D
  • Evidence review E
  • Evidence review F
  • Evidence review G
  • Evidence review H
  • Evidence review I
• Evidence reviews - Appendices 
  • • Supporting documentation: Appendices A
    • Supporting documentation: Appendices B
    • Supporting documentation: Appendices C
    • Supporting documentation: Appendices D1
    • Supporting documentation: Appendices D2
    • Supporting documentation: Appendices E
    • Supporting documentation: Appendices F
    • Supporting documentation: Appendices G
    • Supporting documentation: Appendices H
    • Supporting documentation: Appendices I
• Equality impact assessment
• Supplements
  • Supporting documentation: Supplement A
  • Supporting documentation: Supplement B
  • Supporting documentation: Supplement C

If you want to review the economic model, please see 5. Economic models below and fill in the confidentiality form

Other information about the consultation

• Committee member list
• Committee member list: DOI

Developing NICE guidelines: how to get involved

• Final scope – for information

3. Add your comments

• You must use this form.
• You must declare any links with, or funding from, the tobacco industry

If you share similar views with another organisation, send a joint response.

Make sure you consider:

• The areas that will have the biggest impact on practice and be challenging to implement
• How to help users overcome challenges

Developing NICE guidelines: how to get involved suggests some other areas to comment on.

4. Email the form to NICE

Email: violenceandaggression@nice.org.uk

Deadline: 16/09/26, 5pm.

5. Economic model

The Professional Team has produced an economic model to support the guideline on Aggressive behaviour in people receiving NHS or social care: prevention and management. To receive an executable version of this model, please submit a request to violenceandaggression@nice.org.uk with a signed copy of the confidentiality acknowledgement and undertaking form.

NICE will then send you a link to an executable version of the economic model by email. The deadline for returning your comments is the same as for the guideline consultation: 16/09/26, 5pm.

6. Aggressive behaviour in people receiving NHS or social care: Quality Standard consultation

NICE are also currently consulting on the Quality Standard on Aggressive behaviour in people receiving NHS or social care which underpins the guideline consultation. 

Your organisation is also welcome to submit comments on the Quality Standard. You can find more information on how to do so on the Quality Standard webpage.

Please note you are currently only registered as a stakeholder for the guideline consultation. If you wish to register as a stakeholder for the Quality Standard you can do via our website.

The Quality Standard will close at 5pm on 16/09/26. 

NICE expect the Quality Standard to be published on 28/01/27. 

If you have any queries about this Quality Standard, please contact qualitystandards@nice.org.uk.