April 2000
Editorial
NSF will help GPs improve standards of CHD care
Dr Mark Davis, GP member of the NSF external reference group
News
National Service Framework for heart disease launched
RCOG issues national abortion guideline
Letters
New website launched for approved group protocols
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Personal View
CHD database holds the key to secondary prevention
Dr Hamish Dougall and Professor Frank Sullivan describe the Tayside initiative to tackle secondary prevention of CHD
Guideline Development
RCP guidelines set out national strategy to improve stroke care
Dr Anthony Rudd and Penny Irwin explain how the new RCP stroke guidelines will improve the delivery of care to patients and promote secondary prevention
EPAGE guidelines could reduce inappropriate referrals for endoscopy
Dr Mark Cottrill explains how adoption of the EPAGE guidelines could improve access to endoscopy for patients and make best use of limited resources
Linking Evidence to Practice
Selecting effective treatment for guttate psoriasis
The choice of treatment for guttate psoriasis is hampered by the lack of controlled trials of the available therapies, as Drs Caroline Owen and Robert Chalmers report
Guideline Implementation
Local guidelines on thyroid disease promote seamless care
The Exeter Guidelines on Thyroid Disease provide comprehensive guidance on all aspects of this common group of conditions, as Dr Tim Harlow explains
Locality Initiative
Assessing the impact of hyperlipidaemia and dyspepsia guidelines
Evaluation of North Cheshire's guidelines on hyperlipidaemia and dyspepsia by Anita Maestri-Banks suggests that they have helped change clinical practice
Key Organisations
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Dr Martin Dawes, Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Questions & Answers
Your problems solved
Our editorial board answer your questions on applying guidelines and whether guidelines can change patient behaviour
Out of Hours
Should patients be exposed to medical humour?
Dr Phil Hammond, GP, lecturer and presenter of BBC2's Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
