NHMRC approved guidelines (2015-2024)
A list of national guidelines that have been approved by NHMRC under section 14A of the NHMRC Act.
The National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 gives the NHMRC Chief Executive Officer the power to approve guidelines developed by an external body. These are known as NHMRC approved guidelines.
To be approved, a guideline must meet the NHMRC guideline standard and follow the Procedures and requirements for meeting the NHMRC standard for guidelines.
Regularly updated guidelines
Australian Immunisation Handbook (digital edition)
Developer: Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation
Date of Approval: 25/1/2013; 9/7/2018; 20/3/2019; 14/5/2020; 7/7/2021; 5/8/2022; 6/12/2022; 8/12/2023; 18/4/2024
Australian and New Zealand Living Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management
Developer: The Stroke Foundation
Date of Approval: 25/7/2017; 9/7/18; 7/12/19; 19/2/21; 7/7/21; 22/12/21; 5/8/22; 6/12/22; 27/7/23; 8/12/23
Australian Postnatal Care Guidelines
Developer: Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal care (LEAPP)
Date of Approval: 9/7/2024
Australian Pregnancy Care Guidelines
Developer: Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal care (LEAPP)
Date of Approval: 18/4/2024; 9/7/2024
An Australian Living Guideline for the Pharmacological Management of Inflammatory Arthritis
Developer: Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network
Date of Approval: 7/7/2021; 5/8/2022; 27/7/2023; 9/7/2024
Australian Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines for Diabetes
Developer: Living Evidence for Diabetes Consortium
Date of Approval: 23/12/2020; 27/7/2023
Guidelines approved in 2024
Guideline for Growth, Health and Developmental Follow-Up for Children Born Very Preterm
Developer: Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
Date of Approval: 18/4/2024
Australian Evidence-Based Guideline for Unexplained Infertility
Developer: CRE Womens Health in Reproductive Life (CRE WHiRL)
Date of Approval: 18/4/2024
Australian Physical Activity Clinical Practice Guideline for People with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury 2024
Developer: University of Sydney
Date of Approval: 18/4/2024
Guidelines approved in 2023
Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19
Developer: National Clinical Evidence Taskforce
Date of Approval: 23/11/2020; 19/2/21; 7/7/21; 22/12/21; 14/4/23; 27/7/23
Care Around Stillbirth and Neonatal Death (CASaND) Clinical Practice Guideline
Developer: NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth (NHMRC CRE in Stillbirth)
Date of Approval: 8/12/2023
National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism in Australia
Developer: Autism Cooperative Research Centre (Autism CRC)
Date of Approval: 8/12/2023
SOMANZ Guideline for the Management of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Developer: Society of Obstetric Medicine Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ)
Date of Approval: 8/12/2023
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention, Early Detection and Management of Colorectal Cancer: Population Screening and Risk and Screening Based on Family History (2023 partial update)
Developer: Cancer Council Australia
Date of Approval: 28/9/2023
International Evidence-Based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 2023
Developer: Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Health in Reproductive Life (CRE- WHiRL)
Date of Approval: 2/7/2018; 27/7/2023
Australian Clinical Guidelines for Physical Rehabilitation and Mobilisation in Adult Intensive Care Units
Developer: Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZICS)
Date of Approval: 8/12/2023
Mental Health Care in the Perinatal Period: Australian Clinical Practice Guideline
Developer: Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE)
Date of Approval: 17/10/2017; 14/4/2023
Clinical Practice guidelines for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance for People at High Risk in Australia
Developer: Cancer Council Australia
Date of Approval: 14/4/2023
Guidelines approved in 2022
An Australian Guideline for the Management of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Developer: Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network
Date of Approval: 6/12/2022
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Appropriate Management of Psychotropic Medications in People Living with Dementia in Residential Aged Care
Developer: Monash University
Date of Approval: 6/12/2022
National Guideline for Supporting the Learning, Participation, and Wellbeing of Autistic Children and their Families
Developer: Autism Cooperative Research Centre (Autism CRC)
Date of Approval: 6/12/2022
Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for Deprescribing Opioid Analgesics
Developer: University of Sydney
Date of Approval: 14/9/2022
Australian Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Developer: Australasian ADHD Professionals Association
Date of Approval: 29/7/2022
Guidelines approved in 2021
Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder, PTSD and Complex PTSD
Developer: Phoenix Australia
Date of Approval: 9/12/2021
Guidelines approved in 2020
Clinical practice guidelines: Pregnancy Care
Developer: Australian Government - Department of Health
Date of Approval: 13/12/2018; 23/11/2020
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Communication and Swallowing in Children Diagnosed with Childhood Brain Tumour or Leukaemia
Developer: University of Sydney; Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Date of Approval: 23/11/2020
Best practice guidelines for the safe restraint of children travelling in motor vehicles
Developer: Neuroscience Research Australia and Kidsafe Australia
Date of Approval: 27/11/2020
Guidelines approved in 2019
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Keratinocyte Cancer
Developer: Cancer Council Australia
Date of Approval: 6/12/2019
Guidelines approved in 2018
Clinical guideline for the diagnosis and management of work-related mental health conditions in general practice
Developer: Monash University
Date of Approval: 7/12/2018
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Surveillance Colonoscopy
Developer: Cancer Council Australia
Date of Approval: 7/12/2018
Guideline for the Management of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis
Developer: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Date of Approval: 9/7/2018
National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Australia
Developer: Autism Cooperative Research Centre
Date of Approval: 9/7/2018
Guidelines approved in 2017
Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline for Deprescribing Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine
Developer: University of Sydney
Date of Approval: 27/10/2017
Guidelines for the Prevention, Early Detection and Management of Colorectal Cancer
Developer: Cancer Council Australia
Date of Approval: 27/10/2017
Nutrition Guidelines for Cystic Fibrosis in Australia and New Zealand
Developer: Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
Date of Approval: 25/5/2017
Guidelines approved in 2016
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Communication and Swallowing in Children Diagnosed with Childhood Brain Tumour or Leukaemia
Developer: Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Date of Approval: 13/11/2016
Patient Blood Management Guidelines
Developer: National Blood Authority
Date of Approval: 12/11/2010; 15/11/2011; 18/7/2012; 14/12/2012; 22/12/2014; 21/3/2016
Guidelines approved in 2015
Evidence-Based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Developer: Jean Hailes Centre
Date of Approval: 29/7/2011; 15/6/2015