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Guidelines in Practice Cardiovascular Disease Award 2007 |
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Audit on measuring CVD risk wins Guidelines in Practice Award
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News |
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New Government survey measures GP support for PBC
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NICE issues guideline on use of TNF-α inhibitors in RA
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Personal View |
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NICE publishes guidance on use of rituximab for RA
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Dr Louise Warburton discusses NICE approval of rituximab for the treatment of patients with severe active rheumatoid arthritis |
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GMS Contract: QOF2 |
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Patients with COPD are benefiting from the QOF clinical indicators
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Dr Steve Holmes discusses the clinical indicators for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and how they are augmenting the already high level of care provided by GPs |
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New Guideline |
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BSACI advises GPs on tackling chronic urticaria and angio-oedema
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The British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology guideline alleviates the diagnostic and therapeutic challenge of urticaria, say Dr Imran Rafi and Dr Shuaib Nasser |
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Guideline Revisited |
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Evidence-based advice helps GPs to identify and treat dyspepsia
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Dr James Dalrymple revisits the guideline from NICE on the management of dyspepsia in primary care, and assesses its impact on initial diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing costs |
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Hot Topic |
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Plan your practice’s procedures for tackling an influenza pandemic
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Dr Gerard Panting outlines the potential course and spread of a national and global epidemic, its impact on healthcare resources, and what steps can be taken to prepare for it |
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QOF2 Indicators |
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QOF2 clinical indicators: summary tables
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Focus on CME |
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Guidelines in Practice: CME questions: 74
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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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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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Out of Hours |
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Evidence-based medicine is stifling clinical freedom
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol |
