Contents – July 2004

News

Guideline classifies risk of familial breast cancer

RCP publishes updated stroke guidelines

NICE develops guideline on type 1 diabetes in adults and children

Personal View

Guideline will help GPs advise women on breast cancer risk

NICE has produced useful recommendations for GPs on managing women with a family history of breast cancer, says Dr John Donald

In Reply

Asthma guideline leads the way in keeping up to date

New Guidelines: Development

Guideline will help GPs assess risk of familial breast cancer

The new NICE guideline will enable GPs to determine which women with a family history of breast cancer are at increased risk and should be referred, says Dr Jon Emery

RCP stroke guidelines stress importance of secondary prevention

The latest edition of the RCP guidelines make new evidence-based recommendations for stroke and TIA, as Dr Tony Rudd and Penny Irwin explain

New GP Contract

Contract indicators will aid prevention of cervical cancer

Cervical screening saves lives, and can also earn the practice valuable points under the additional services indicators in the new GMS contract, says Dr Jill Murie

Your Contract Problems Solved

Our panel of experts answer questions on the new contract

Dr Gerard Panting advises on NHS contracts, the patient services guarantee and complaints and disciplinary procedures

Medico-legal Issues in Practice

Who is accountable if substandard care is based on a guideline?

Dr Gerard Panting examines the legal position of those writing or acting upon recommendations in a guideline that later prove to be inappropriate

Focus on CME

Guidelines in Practice CME questions: 35

Download the PDF, write the answers in the spaces provided, then put the pages in your personal development plan

Out of Hours

The gasman cometh

Dr Phil Hammond, GP and broadcaster