Contents – December 2006

Editorial

Successful PBC depends on clinician engagement

Key themes of effective practice based commissioning are stability, time, incentives, organization, and management

News

NICE launches two online databases to support guideline implementation

Guidance covers medical and social care for people with dementia

Personal View

Female UI can be treated effectively in primary care

The NICE guideline on urinary incontinence will help GPs to manage this condition successfully, says Dr Julian Spinks

Guidelines: Revisited

GPs should be able to diagnose and treat COPD effectively

Dr David Bellamy compares the two main COPD guidelines available, and relates their major recommendations to everyday general practice

New Guidelines: Review

Partnerships are highlighted in updated Good Medical Practice

Dr Gerard Panting comments on the latest edition of Good Medical Practice and points out how healthcare professionals can modify their practice accordingly

GP Contract: QOF2

Best practice guidance for the depression indicators in QOF2

Dr Alan Cohen and his colleagues at the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) discuss the implications of the depression clinical indicators in primary care

Guidelines in Practice Award: Winning Entry

Community heart failure service benefits patients and doctors

A team from Medway PCT has designed a nurse-led heart failure – a successful initiative for which they received the overall Guidelines in Practice Award 2006

Focus on CME

Guidelines in Practice CME questions: 63

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

QOF2 Indicators

QOF2 clinical indicators: summary tables

NICE Referral Guide

NICE referral summaries

Meetings & Conferences

Diary of events

Please let us know of your forthcoming meetings and workshops for inclusion in our events diary

Out of Hours

It's all in the interview technique

Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol