Volume 16 Issue 5 - May 2013
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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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Rhinitis: is allergy testing available for your patients?
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News |
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RCGP releases new guidance on managing STIs in primary care
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NICE launches guide to guidance for healthcare and social care providers
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Personal View |
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SIGN should review its guidance on anticoagulants
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Dr Alan Begg revisits the SIGN antithrombotics guideline and highlights new evidence on novel oral anticoagulant agents |
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Personal View |
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Structured review is an essential part of asthma care
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Dr Dermot Ryan explains how the NICE quality standard for asthma is an opportunity for improving diagnosis and management |
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Hot Topic |
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NICE Pathways—the fast and easy way to access guidance
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Sanjay Tanday describes how quickly and easily the different types of NICE guidance for a specific topic can be accessed using NICE Pathways |
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Guideline Revisited |
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Training GPs in allergy testing would reduce referrals for rhinitis
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Dr Matthew Doyle revisits the BSACI guideline on allergic and non-allergic rhinitis and highlights the need for allergy testing by clinicians in primary care |
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Hot Topic |
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Biosimilars versus biological agents: |
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These Guidelines in Practice articles were both funded by an educational grant from Roche Products Limited.
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GMS Contract |
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a new clinical domain for QOF 2013/14
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Dr Tim Stokes discusses the revised QOF 2013/14 and the new and revised indicators for COPD, depression, diabetes, hypertension, and rheumatoid arthritis |
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Out of Hours |
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GPs need to confront failure and promote quality care
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP turned hospital doctor |
