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Editorial |
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Guidelines in Practice audience responds positively to updates
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News |
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NICE advises on chronic fatigue syndrome
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Updated British guideline on asthma management is now available
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Age Concern reports on mental health in later life
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Personal View |
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SIGN updates treatment recommendations for CHF
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Chronic heart failure is both common and complex, and Dr Peter Savill advises GPs to review this modified SIGN guideline |
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Personal View |
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Most patients with ED can be managed in primary care
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The BSSM guideline on erectile dysfunction highlights risk factors and key steps in diagnosis and management, says Dr Patrick Wright |
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New Guideline |
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GPs are well placed to provide treatment for substance misusers
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Dr Clare Gerada discusses new guidelines from NICE, which offer advice on psychosocial interventions and the delivery of safe and effective care to opiate users |
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Guideline Implementation |
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NICE implementation consultants provide local support to primary care
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The local face of NICE provides a regional focus to assist with guideline implementation, help with problem solving, and channel feedback on suggestions, says Jayne Chidgey-Clark |
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Patient Consultation |
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Management of a 70-year-old man with heart failure and a history of hypertension and MI
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Dr Nigel Rowell discusses the assessment and management of this elderly patient, providing details of the lifestyle and pharmacological review that should be undertaken |
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Medico-legal Issues in Practice |
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Which visitors from abroad are entitled to free NHS treatment?
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Dr Gerard Panting explains rules on eligibility for free primary care for people who are ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK and others visiting from Europe and elsewhere |
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Focus on CME |
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Guidelines in Practice: CME questions: 72
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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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QOF2 Indicators |
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QOF2 clinical indicators: summary tables
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Notes for Authors |
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Writing for Guidelines in Practice: instructions for authors
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Out of Hours |
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Whatever happens, do not Americanise the NHS
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol |
