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December 1998

News

RCOG issues guidelines on menorrhagia

National prescribing system launched

Editorial

SIGN's strategy could help other UK guideline groups

Dr Patricia Donald, RCGP Guidelines Co-ordinator in Scotland

Personal View

Evolution of a practice-based protocol for sore throats

Dr Tim Harlow describes how his practice agreed a local sore throat protocol that satisfied both patients and partners

Guideline Development

Improving care for adults with poorly controlled epilepsy

One in three patients with epilepsy is inadequately controlled. Dr Dominic Heaney explains how the RCP developed guidelines to optimise their care

Guideline Implementation

Psoriasis guidelines improve patient care

Dr Tom Poyner explains how guidelines on the treatment of psoriasis could promote shared care to the benefit of patients

Audit

Guidelines promote more rational use of antibiotics

Dr Rob Wicks recounts how revisiting the guidelines four years on prompted his practice to re-examine their antibiotic prescribing, with surprising results

Letters

Defining the role of the New Zealand risk tables

Guidelines in Practice welcomes letters; if would you like to share your views with other readers, please write in

Questions & Answers

Your problems solved

Our editorial board answer your questions on keeping up to date with guidelines and motivating your practice team

Out Of Hours

Eating your patients is more fun than guidelines

Dr Phil Hammond, GP, lecturer and presenter of BBC2's Trust Me, I'm a Doctor