Volume 15 Issue 4 - April 2012
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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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Are you up to date with the changes to QOF 2012/13?
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News |
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NICE to develop an additional 123 quality standards
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Quality standards for lung cancer and hip fracture published
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Updated Guideline |
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NICE updates its recommendations on treatment of epilepsy
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Dr Greg Rogers outlines how the NICE guideline on epilepsy will help clinicians to choose the most appropriate drug based on seizure type and syndrome |
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NICE Quality Standards |
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Treatment for breast cancer should not be influenced by age
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Patients with breast cancer should be included in decisions on the management of their disease as outlined in the NICE quality standard, says Dr Adrian Harnett |
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GMS Contract |
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Two new clinical domains have been included in the QOF
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Professor Tim Stokes discusses the introduction of new clinical indicators in the QOF 2012/13 and also highlights those that have been replaced or refined |
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GMS Contract |
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Osteoporosis is a new domain in the GMS contract for 2012/13
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Dr Pam Brown, Dr Wendy Carr, and Paul Mitchell discuss the introduction of an osteoporosis web resource to help primary care with the implementation of the new QOF domain |
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Out of Hours |
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GPs need to think about environmental health too
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
