Contents – January 2006

News

GPs welcome additions to the QOF indicators

JBS 2 guidelines emphasise GPs’ role in preventing cardiovascular disease

GP Contract

GPs and patients will be winners in QOF review

GPC Deputy Chairman Dr Laurence Buckman explains the changes that will follow the QOF review and why he thinks GPs should be as successful this year as last

Personal View

JBS 2 focuses on all patients at risk of cardiovascular disease

Dr Alan Begg discusses the updated recommendations from the Joint British Societies on prevention of cardiovascular disease

New Guidelines: Review

NICE recommends a stepped care approach to OCD

Dr John Hague discusses how the NICE guideline will help GPs to recognise and treat obsessive-compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder

Guidelines in Practice Award: Runner Up

Addressing emotional disorders in children: a school-based project

Joint runner up in the Guidelines in Practice Award 2005 was an innovative project to reduce childhood emotional disorders.
Team leader Professor Paul Stallard describes the initiative

Focus on CME

Guidelines in Practice CME questions: 52

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

Meetings & Conferences

Diary of events

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

NICE Referral Guide

NICE referral summaries

Guidelines in Practice Conference

Implementing cardiovascular guidance 2006

Programme and information on how to book for our conference

Notes for Authors

Writing for Guidelines in Practice: instructions for authors

Out of Hours

Can you spell what you prescribe?

Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol