Volume 14 Issue 5 - May 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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NICE Pathways provides a network of information
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News |
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NICE releases advice on management of ovarian cancer
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NICE updates recommendations on management of lung cancer
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Guideline Revisited |
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GPs have an important role in caring for women with early breast cancer
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Professor Malcolm Reed and Mr James Harvey discuss the management and treatment of breast cancer and the increasing role of primary care in the follow up of patients |
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NHS Evidence |
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Overhaul of NHS Evidence increases focus on medicines
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Dr Gillian Leng explains how the changes to NHS Evidence will provide healthcare professionals and those they care for with a greater range of quality, clinical and non-clinical information |
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GMS Contract |
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NICE-led QOF process will help to deliver improved indicators
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Professor Tim Stokes and Nicola Bent outline the role of NICE in developing the quality and outcomes framework and highlight the changes to the 2011/2012 indicators |
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Guideline implementation |
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SIGN is customising implementation support to every guideline
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Ali El-Ghorr, Roberta James, and Sara Twaddle explain how SIGN, with stakeholder input, has developed a strategy for supporting guideline implementation |
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Out of Hours |
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Everyone wants to work in an integrated health service
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
