Contents – December 2005

News

NICE launches implementation guide in drive to improve uptake of its guidance

Guideline will help identify patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Personal View

Annual asthma guideline review keeps GPs up to date

Dr Peter Saul explains how electronic updates of the BTS/SIGN guideline enable GPs to stay
abreast of asthma management

New Guidelines: Development

NICE guidance will raise awareness of long-acting reversible contraception

New guidance should ensure women are able to make an informed choice about contraception, say Dr Chris Wilkinson, Irene Kwan and Dr Martin Dougherty

GP Contract

All practices should achieve full points for hypothyroidism

The hypothyroidism indicators are easy to achieve and pave the way to improving care for those at risk of the condition as well, explains Dr Matthew Lockyer

Guidelines in Practice Award:Winning Entry

A 10-step approach to successful hypertension management in practice

An evidence-based project to tackle the QOF has enabled Dr Peter Standing’s practice to raise standards of care for hypertension - and won them the overall Guidelines in Practice Award 2005

Medico-legal Issues in Practice

What to do when GP partnerships run into problems

Having a partnership deed in place will ensure all aspects of a dispute are settled fairly and relatively quickly, says Dr Gerard Panting

Focus on CME

Guidelines in Practice CME questions: 51

Write the answers in the spaces provided, then cut out the pages and put them in your personal development plan

QOF Indicators

QOF clinical indicators: summary tables

NICE Referral Guide

NICE referral summaries

Notes for Authors

Writing for Guidelines in Practice: instructions for authors

Meetings & Conferences

Diary of events

Guidelines in Practice Conference

Implementing cardiovascular guidance 2006

Programme and information on how to book for our conference

Out of Hours

You can’t always get what you want

Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol