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June 2000

News

Patients' treatment preferences may conflict with guidelines

RCGP to publish guidance on diabetic retinopathy

Letters

Can you help with Chlamydia audit?

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

Editorial

Developing GP review criteria for stable angina

Professor Allen Hutchinson, Director, Clinical Practice Evaluation Programme

Personal View

Diabetes time to organise primary care services

Dr Matthew Lockyer argues that uncomplicated diabetes should be managed in primary care and complicated diabetes by shared care

Guideline Development

PCR protocol focuses on early referral in rheumatoid arthritis

Dr Gillian Hosie describes the PCR's new evidence-based management protocol which aims to improve the long-term prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis

Linking Evidence to Practice

Active management of diabetes reduces complications

There is now strong evidence that good control of glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol substantially improves outcomes in diabetes, as Dr John Clark explains

Audit

Monitoring patients on disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs

Dr Nigel Watson describes the action taken by his practice to ensure that all patients on DMARDs are adequately monitored, after audit revealed shortfalls

Practice Protocol

Shared care is the key to success of primary care diabetes clinic

Dr Matthew Lockyer describes how his practice diabetes clinic uses a protocol drawn up with input from both primary and secondary care

Key Organisations

The Clinical Practice Evaluation Programme

Professor Allen Hutchinson, Director, Clinical Practice Evaluation Programme

Questions & Answers

Your problems solved

Our editorial board answer your questions on funding for guideline implementation, and integrated care pathways

Out of Hours

A guide to medical negligence lawyers

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