Volume 15 Issue 5 - May 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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GPs are well placed to help prevent self-harm
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News |
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Guidance issued on direct referral to diagnostic tests for cancer
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Evidence Updates on depression and delirium released by NHS Evidence
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New Guideline |
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Patients who self-harm should be encouraged to ask for help
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Dr Clare Taylor, Professor Navneet Kapur, and Professor Tim Kendall discuss the importance of communication in the NICE guideline on long-term management of self-harm |
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NICE Quality Standards |
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High-quality care should be available at all times at end of life
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Drs Bee Wee and Stephen Barclay explain how the NICE quality standard on end-of-life care requires sensitive communication and effective care planning |
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GMS Contract |
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Peripheral arterial disease increases risk of a cardiovascular event
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Dr Alan Begg discusses why the inclusion of peripheral arterial disease in the QOF indicators for 2012/13 is so important and how primary care should achieve them |
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NICE accreditation |
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NICE accreditation: raising the standard of guidance production
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Professor David Haslam explains the role of the NICE Accreditation Programme in developing quality standards and discusses how participation is a positive experience |
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Out of Hours |
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Doctors should receive regular training in prescribing
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
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