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Volume 10 Issue 3 - March 2007

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - March 2007 cover
  Editorial
  New initiative to raise GPs' awareness of clinical studies
  News
  NICE guidance aims to halt rise of sexually transmitted infections
  Guidance published on antenatal and postnatal mental health disorders
  Your Letters
  Short stature may be an indication of coeliac disease in children
  Share your views on recent issues of Guidelines in Practice
   
  Personal View
  Role of risk estimation in the prevention of CVD
  SIGN guideline on cardiovascular disease aims to target resources towards risk group that will benefit most, says Dr Alan Begg
   
  New Guideline
  Woman-centred care is focus of NICE menorrhagia guideline
  NICE heavy menstrual bleeding guidance highlights the importance of a woman's quality of life and keeping the patient informed, explains Dr Mark Shapley
   
  New Guideline
  NICE guideline aims to help stop rising prevalence of obesity
  Professor James McEwen discusses new guidance, which will support healthcare and other professionals to prevent and manage obesity, and improve the population's health
   
  Guidelines in Practice Awards
  Clinical audit identifies effective strategy for asthma management
  Joanne Rummens led the winning initiative in the Asthma category of the 2006 Guidelines in Practice Awards, which enabled an improvement in treatment procedures
   
  New Guideline
  Guideline aims to raise the profile of PCOS and improve care
  Prompt recognition, management, and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome by primary care would reduce the burden of other conditions, says Dr David Haslam
   
  Practice-based Commissioing
  Implementation of PBC: what has been achieved so far?
  Dr David Jenner presents the GP's perspective on practice-based commissioning, providing details of areas where cost savings may be made and his top ten tips for implementation
   
  Focus on CME
  Guidelines in Practice CME questions: 66
  Write the answers in the spaces provided, then cut out the pages and put them in your personal development plan
   
  Notes for Authors
  Writing for Guidelines in Practice: instructions for authors
   
  QOF2 Indicators
  QOF2 clinical indicators: summary tables
   
  Conferences & Meetings
  Diary of events
  Please let us know of your forthcoming meetings and workshops for inclusion in our events diary
   
  Out of Hours
  We would appreciate it if you didn't get ill today
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol