Volume 14 Issue 2 - February 2011
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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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Carers of patients with dementia must receive a needs assessment
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News |
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NICE publishes guidance on prevention of skin cancer
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NICE releases guideline on generalised anxiety disorder
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New Guideline |
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Coordinated care will improve outcomes in patients with psoriasis
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Dr Iain Henderson discusses the SIGN recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and when individuals should be referred |
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Guideline Revisited |
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Is it a brain tumour? Red flags will help GPs with referral decisions
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Dr David Kernick discusses signs and methodology that can be used to determine whether headache is a manifestation of an underlying brain tumour |
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NICE Quality Standards |
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Early diagnosis will help GPs to attain the quality standard for dementia
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Dr David Anderson and Dr Nadarajah Jehaanandan outline the NICE quality statements for dementia and the measures that are needed to achieve them |
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Commissioning |
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The outcome strategic map can support the commissioning process
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Gina Perigo and Steve Callaghan outline the concept of the outcome strategic map and how it has been used within Liverpool PCT in the delivery of health outcomes |
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Out of Hours |
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Drug development is no longer affordable in the UK
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
