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Volume 11 Issue 11 - November 2008

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - November 2008 cover
  Editorial
  Seven clinical priorities will get reallocated QOF points
  News
  DH updates toolkit to prevent and manage overweight and obesity
  NICE recommends drugs for fracture prevention
  Editorial
  SEAS trial and cancer risk: should prescribing change?
  At present, there is a lack of credible evidence linking the use of ezetimibe plus statin therapy to cancer incidence, says Dr Alan Begg
  Updated Guideline
  NICE update on type 2 diabetes consolidates previous advice
  Dr Martin Hadley-Brown discusses the highlights of the updated guideline and considers the options for blood glucose-lowering in this and forthcoming guidance
  New Guideline
  Psychosocial support is a vital component of cervical cancer care
  Dr Mairi Chong emphasises the need for GPs to be aware of treatment options for cervical cancer and their associated complications, as advised by SIGN
  Guideline Revisited
  Most headache types are suited to primary care management
  Dr Andrew Dowson explains how current guidelines on headache can help healthcare professionals to diagnose and treat patients suffering from this common condition
  Hot Topic
  Meeting the challenge of pandemic influenza in primary care
  Practices must use current guidance and work with local agencies to develop plans that may reduce the impact of ’flu and save lives, say Dr Mairi Scott and Tom Love
  Out of Hours
  A PBC consortium may help you keep financial control
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol