June 1999
News
RCOG launches guidelines on male and female sterilisation
Evidence-based approach improves GP menorrhagia management
Editorial
Getting to grips with clinical governance
Dr Richard Baker, Director of the Clinical Governance Research & Development Unit, Dept of General Practice & Primary Health Care, University of Leicester
Personal View
Sterilisation guidelines emphasise patient choice
New RCOG guidelines on sterilisation stress the need to give patients full and accurate information, says Dr Sam Rowlands
Personal View
Guidance needed in areas that guidelines ignore
Dr Elizabeth Davies argues that the current evidence-based approach may not be the only way forward
Letters
National audit results keenly awaited
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Guideline Development
Updating national guidelines for referral of breast problems
Professor Robert Mansel, Dr Nader Khonji and Mr Dayalan Clarke explain how the revised guidelines aim to allow fast-tracking of patients with suspected cancer
Guideline Implementation
Hall Report proposes radical changes in child health surveillance
Dr Greg Dilliway looks at the implications and possible consequences for parents and professionals of the recommendations in the latest Hall Report
Audit
Practice audit identifies shortfalls in epilepsy management
Dr Nigel Watson explains how the results of an audit convinced all the GPs in his practice of the need to improve epilepsy care
Guideline Appraisal
Assessing the quality of national guidelines
Françoise Cluzeau explains how the Health Care Evaluation Unit at St George's Hospital Medical School appraise national clinical guidelines
Tips on Guideline Use
Is this guideline right for your patients?
Dr Mark Charny suggests a checklist for assessing whether a guideline is relevant and sound, in the fifth article in this series
Questions & Answers
Your problems solved
Our editorial board answer your questions on how to ensure that your practice computer is secure and writing legal reports
Out of Hours
Meanwhile, back in the surgery
Dr Phil Hammond, GP, lecturer and presenter of BBC2's Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
