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August/September 2000

News

NICE publishes recommendations on diabetes treatment

GPs pilot meningitis guidance

Editorial

New guidance aims to help GPs manage dying patients

Dr Anne Naysmith, consultant in palliative medicine, Pembridge Palliative Care Centre, St Charles' Hospital, London

Editorial

Electronic guidelines enable GPs to keep up to date

Dr Charles Sears, general practitioner, Salisbury

Personal View

Counting the cost of the NICE guidance on PPIs

Dr Mark Cottrill explains why the NICE guidance may fail to achieve its aim of reducing the cost of PPI prescribing

In Reply

Don't forget your local health librarian

Library and information specialists can be a valuable source of information on evidence-based medicine and clinical effectiveness

Guideline Development

BAP revises guidelines for antidepressant use

Dr Ian Anderson explains why the British Association for Psychopharmacology felt the need to develop new, evidence-based guidelines for treating depression

Audit

Hypertension audit brings practice in line with BHS guidelines

Audit of hypertensive patients in Dr Nigel Watson's practice led to changes in practice that significantly improved the percentage with adequate blood pressure control

IT Developments

Using low-cost internet as a quality medium for promoting PGDs

Peter Jones, Andy Harris and Christine Parker-Jones describe a patient group direction (group protocol) website that gives health professionals easy access to the relevant protocol

Key Organisations

The Cochrane Collaboration and Library

Rachel Stancliffe, Head of Communications, The Cochrane Library

Questions & Answers

Your problems solved

Our editorial board answer your questions on what to do when patients refuse treatment and guidelines give conflicting advice

Out of Hours

Guidelines on fetching patients in person

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