Volume 12 Issue 10 - October 2009
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NICE or Department of Health guideline |
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SIGN guideline |
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Independent professional body guideline |
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Working party guideline |
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Other articles |
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Editorial |
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RCGP credit system for CPD is based on time and impact
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News |
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NICE guideline aims to improve immunisation uptake in under 19s
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New Guideline |
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Multidisciplinary teams should manage patients with breast cancer
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Dr Chris Gaffney highlights the need for seamless integration between primary and secondary care in the implementation of the NICE guideline on advanced breast cancer |
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New Guideline |
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Awareness of coeliac disease needs to be raised among GPs
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Dr Tim Stokes and Professor Peter Howdle explain the importance of offering serological testing to patients with suspected coeliac disease in line with NICE guidance |
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New Guideline |
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Early interventions are key in managing patients with back pain
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Professor Martin Underwood outlines the NICE guideline on non-specific low back pain and explains the rationale behind the recommended treatment options |
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New Guideline |
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The aim of glaucoma treatment is to maintain a sighted lifetime
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Mr John Sparrow discusses the recommendations from the NICE guideline on the diagnosis and management of chronic open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension |
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GMS Contract |
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Risk assessment can help in the primary prevention of CVD
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Dr Alan Begg explains how QOF-driven identification of patients with hypertension, along with NICE guidance and screening programmes, can help to reduce CVD prevalence |
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Hot Topic |
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Click on the title above to download this article as a PDF |
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Out of Hours |
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Take the time to enjoy life’s pleasures but don’t overdo it
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol |