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Editorial |
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Progress with practice-based commissioning is being made
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Editorial |
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SIGN publishes guidance on CHD and CVD
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Key recommendations for GPs are cost effective, comments Dr Alan Begg, member of the Guidelines in Practice Editorial Board |
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News |
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NICE heavy menstrual bleeding guidance details treatment options
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Global Initiative for Asthma reference guides available
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Personal View |
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Guideline revises appraisal advice on dementia care
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NICE recommendations on assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of dementia are discussed by Dr David Wilkinson |
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New Guidelines: Review |
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GPs should ask about swallowing difficulties when prescribing
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A new guideline on medication management for patients with swallowing difficulties highlights the implications of medication alteration, as Dr David John Wright explains |
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GP Contract: QOF2 |
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Stroke and TIA indicator targets are the minimum audit standard
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Dr Stewart Findlay explains the changes to the revised stroke and TIA indicators, and comments on the differences between the QOF2 and JBS2 targets |
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Guidelines in Practice Award: Runner up |
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Psychological therapy provides significant benefits for patients
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Dr Peter Young's team, joint runner up in the Guidelines in Practice Award 2006, shows how implementing the NICE guideline for depression can reduce antidepressant prescribing |
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Notes for Authors |
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Writing for Guidelines in Practice: instructions for authors
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Medico-legal Issues in Practice |
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How do courts deal with the intentional transmission of HIV?
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Dr Gerard Panting discusses court cases featuring the intentional and reckless transmission of the AIDS virus, and the GP's role in the prosecution process |
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Conferences & Meetings |
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Diary of events
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Please let us know of your forthcoming meetings and workshops for inclusion in our events diary |
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Focus on CME |
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Guidelines in Practice CME questions: 65
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Write the answers in the spaces provided, then cut out the pages and put them in your personal development plan |
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QOF2 Indicators |
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QOF2 clinical indicators: summary tables
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Out of Hours |
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Breast-feeding more than what comes naturally
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol |
