Volume 15 Issue 2 - February 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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NHS commissioning outcomes framework will hold CCGs to account
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News |
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New guides aim to improve mental health commissioning
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Consultation on potential new COF indicators launched by NICE
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Personal View |
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Hyperglycaemia should be managed in patients with ACS
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Dr Alan Begg highlights points for primary care relating to the NICE guideline on managing hyperglycaemia in acute coronary syndromes |
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New Guideline |
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Colorectal cancer management requires a multidisciplinary team
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Professor Graeme Poston highlights the NICE guideline recommendations on the investigation, disease staging, treatment options, and follow up of colorectal cancer |
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New Guideline |
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A clear pathway will aid diagnosis of autism in children
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Professor Gillian Baird discusses NICE recommendations on improving recognition of autism spectrum disorders and set up of a local multidisciplinary autism specialist team |
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NICE Quality Standards |
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GPs need to be alert to risk of depression in all consultations
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Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham explains how the quality standard for depression reinforces the critical role of primary care in the management of adults with this condition |
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Out of Hours |
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The NHS is a people service: put humanity back into it
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
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