November 2000
News
SIGN guideline aims to improve early management of head injuries
GPs' knowledge of osteoporosis guidelines is patchy, survey finds
Editorial
Are you ready to change to electronic patient records?
Dr Nigel Watson, GP and Vice-Chairman IM&T Subcommittee of the BMA's General Practitioners Committee
Personal View
Maastricht-2 updates guidance on H. pylori
Dr Mark Cottrill weighs up the revised recommendations from the European Helicobacter Pylori Study Group
In Reply
Identifying hypertensive patients from practice lists
Dr Nigel Watson explains how he identified hypertensive patients in his practice audit, in response to a reader's query
Guideline Development
New guidelines assist GP management of anogenital warts
Consensus guidelines from the ECHPV guide GPs in the choice of therapy for patients with anogenital warts, and identify which patients to refer, as Dr Charles Lacey reports
Linking Evidence to Practice
Trials support use of beta-blockers in chronic heart failure
Dr Andrew Clark and Professor John Cleland explain why beta-blockers deserve to be more widely used in CHF due to left ventricular dysfunction
Guideline Implementation
Developing local cancer guidelines in line with Calman-Hine
Clinical governance lead Dr Paul Twomey describes how a PCG initiative set up to develop local cancer guidelines also enabled local cancer services to be reviewed
NHS Plan
NHS Plan looks set to change the face of primary care
Regional change agent Dr Bill Barker explains how the NHS Plan will affect guideline development and implementation not only for primary care but also for secondary and tertiary care
Key Organisations
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)
Dr Agnes Hibbert, Head of Educational Development, Public Health Resource Unit
Test Your Guidelines Knowledge
Win two nights for two people at Champneys worth £1000
How well do you know the RCP & Bone and Tooth Society's guidelines on prevention and treatment of osteoporosis?
Questions & Answers
Your problems solved
Our editorial board answer your questions on guidelines that lack an implementation strategy, and levels of evidence
Out of Hours
Moving from knowing best to doing best
Dr Phil Hammond, GP, lecturer and presenter of BBC2's Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
