Volume 14 Issue 11 - November 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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How is your practice performing in the CHD category of the QOF?
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News |
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NICE recommendations for QOF 2012/13 have been agreed
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NICE publishes guideline on hyperglycaemia in ACS
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New Guideline |
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Service standards for IBD supported by updated BSG guideline
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Drs Sandeep Shivananda Siddhi and Craig Mowat discuss the British Society of Gastroenterology recommendations on the management of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease |
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Guideline Revisited |
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Patient and carer preference is key when prescribing emollients
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Dr Rachel Hilton explains how patient and carer education can help promote effective and safe use of emollients and topical steroids in children with atopic eczema |
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New Guideline |
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Strategy for respiratory conditions provides aspirational targets
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Dr Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion discuss how the outcomes strategy for COPD and asthma emphasises the need for integrated care and cross-boundary working |
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Guideline Revisited |
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Effective control of pain in cancer requires detailed assessment
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Healthcare professionals have a responsibility to provide analgesia for both background and breakthrough pain in patients with cancer, says Ms Linda Kerr |
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GMS Contract |
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CHD indicators provide more detail on treatment of MI
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Dr Alan Begg discusses the revised quality and outcomes framework indicators for coronary heart disease and how national guidance relates to these targets |
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Out of Hours |
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Are you looking forward to 'integrition'?
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
