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January/February 2000

News

RCGP to launch series of diabetes guidelines

Usefulness of specialist guidelines questioned

Letters

Crown II Report covers group protocols

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

Personal View

Getting to grips with coeliac disease

Most cases of coeliac disease remain undiagnosed. Dr Charles Sears explains how PCSG guidance will improve detection

Guideline Development

New PCSG guidelines simplify management of H. pylori infection

Dr Mark Cottrill explains how the revised guidelines on H. pylori will ensure that dyspeptic patients receive the best available management based on current evidenceGuideline ImplementatioGuideline Implementation

Guideline Implementation

SIGN Roadshows take team approach to implementation

Dr Philip Cotton, Dr Patricia Donald and Anne Farquharson outline an initiative to raise awareness of SIGN guidelines and aid implementation

Linking evidence to practice

Changing practice: effective drug therapy for menorrhagia

In the first of a new monthly series on evidence-based practice, Dr Kirsten Duckitt explains why tranexamic acid should be used to treat menorrhagia rather than progestogens

Locality Initiative

Pilot study facilitates development of local angina guidelines

Helen Wilson, Dr Patricia Edney and Dr Brian Hopkins share their experiences of developing local guidelines on the management of angina in primary care

Key Organisations

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence

Anne-Toni Rodgers, Communications Director, NICE

Questions & Answers

Your problems solved

Our editorial board answer your questions on when to cost guidelines and assessing new guidelines

Out of Hours

Plotting the route to a successful career

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