Volume 14 Issue 3 - March 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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Anaemia treatment is a key part of the quality standard for CKD
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News |
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NICE releases advice on diagnosis of food allery in children
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Guideline on alcohol-use disorders published by NICE
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Personal View |
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Liraglutide is approved by NICE for type 2 diabetes
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Dr Eugene Hughes explains how NICE Technology Appraisal 203 on liraglutide expands treatment options for patients with diabetes |
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Updated Guideline |
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Aspirational range for haemoglobin level in anaemia of CKD revised
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Dr Penny Ackland discusses how trial evidence has led NICE to update the intervention and target haemoglobin levels for people with chronic kidney disease-related anaemia |
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Joint Working |
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Improving outcomes for COPD patients in primary care through joint working
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James Gupta and Andrea Gupta give a personal account of how a joint working initiative has improved patient care, nurses’ understanding of the disease, and prescribing costs in COPD |
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Hot Topic |
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RCGP ePortfolio will simplify revalidation and assist CPD logging
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Professor Nigel Sparrow and Dr Cath Jenson of the RCGP outline the functions of the Revalidation ePortfolio, which aims to provide a lifelong learning portal for GPs |
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Out of Hours |
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Bring the generalists back to medicine
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
