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Volume 10 Issue 7 - July 2007

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - July 2007 cover
  Editorial
  NHS Choices website will help to empower patients
  News
  New faecal incontinence guideline aims to boost patient confidence
  SIGN issues guideline on autism spectrum disorders
  Personal View
  NICE guideline will help GPs to manage fever in children
  New guidance uses a traffic light system to aid diagnosis of serious illness in feverish under fives, says Dr Natasha Gilani
   
  New Guideline
  NICE post-MI guideline is an essential tool for healthcare professionals
  New guideline on secondary prevention of myocardial infarction gives practical advice on lifestyle, pharmacotherapy, and cardiac rehabilitation, explains Dr Rubin Minhas
   
  Guidelines in Practice Awards
  Recording 'pack years' aids assessment of risk and diagnosis of COPD
  Catherine Tutt and Dr Nigel Masters, winners in the COPD category of the Guidelines in Practice Awards 2006, outline their initiatives and improvements in patient care
   
  Medico-legal issues in Practice
  Patient confidentiality and the GP’s duties on information disclosure
  Dr Gerard Panting discusses the statutory and ethical case on revealing confidential patient information: when to obtain consent, and when there is an obligation to release details
   
  Guidelines revisited
  Current guidelines on cardiovascular disease set achievable targets
  The SIGN, NICE, and JBS2 guidelines are reviewed by Dr Alan Begg, who highlights recommendations on CVD prevention and the challenges for effective implementation
   
  Focus on CME
  Guidelines in Practice: CME questions: 70
  Write the answers in the spaces provided, then cut out the pages and put them in your personal development plan
   
  QOF2 Indicators
  QOF2 clinical indicators: summary tables
   
  Notes for Authors
  Writing for Guidelines in Practice: instructions for authors
   
  Conferences & Meetings
  Diary of events
  Please let us know of your forthcoming meetings and workshops for inclusion in our events diary
   
  Out of Hours
  What should Gordon Brown do with the NHS?
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol