This National Guideline has been developed for secondary care in Wales by the Respiratory Health Implementation Group (RHIG). The guideline is broken down into 5 simple steps, with a heavy emphasis on not just the antibiotic choices, but making sure we are checking the diagnosis of pneumonia, assessing severity and considering co-morbidities.

Key recommendations:

• Guideline-adherent prescribing across the country
• Use of the CURB-65 score to categorise severity of CAP
• Use of Amoxicillin as opposed to other beta-lactam antibiotics