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Volume 13 Issue 12 - December 2010

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - December 2010
  Editorial
  White Paper outlines radical shift in public health strategy
  News
  Guidelines to prevent injuries in under-15s published by NICE
  DH announces plans to transform community care
  New Guideline
  Interventions for bedwetting can help children of all ages
  Dr Mark Mackenzie explains how the NICE guideline on nocturnal enuresis in children will help GPs to assess and manage this often distressing condition
  Guideline Revisited
  Treatment of cancer pain should follow the WHO analgesic ladder
  Professor Marie Fallon reviews the SIGN recommendations on using non-opioid and opioid formulations to control both background and breakthrough pain in patients with cancer
  Updated Guideline
  Quick diagnosis of heart failure will lower high mortality rates
  Dr Abdallah Al-Mohammad and Professor Jonathan Mant discuss the updated NICE recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure
  Guideline Revisited
  Quality of life should be considered when treating psoriasis
  Dr Riadh Dawood describes how psoriasis can be managed with a range of treatments including topical, ultraviolet, systemic, and biological therapies
  Guideline Revisited
  The Simon Broome criteria should be used to detect FH
  Drs Kathy Greenough and Kate Cushing outline the NHS North of Tyne approach to implementing the NICE guideline on familial hypercholesterolaemia
  Out Of Hours
  The Shut Up, Move On guide to mental health
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol