Contents – June 2006

News

NICE to publish updated guidance on treating hypertension in primary care

Don't miss your chance to enter this year's Guidelines in Practice Awards

In Reply

Making cardiovascular risk assessment easier

Editorial

Your project could be a potential Award winner

The judges look at the different types of schemes that could form the basis for your entry to this year's Awards

Guidelines in Practice Awards

Full details on how to enter this year's Awards

New Guidelines: Review

Guidance confirms brief interventions by GPs help smokers to give up

Investing a small amount of time in helping smokers to quit can produce significant benefits for patients and the practice, as Dr Kevin Lewis explains

GP Contract: QOF2

The Gold Standards Framework is pivotal to palliative care

The new palliative care indicators are a stepping stone to providing optimum care at the end of life, as Drs Keri Thomas and Amanda Free explain

Guidelines in Practice Awards 2005

Implementing the NSF for Diabetes through community pharmacy

The winning project in the Diabetes category of the 2005 Guidelines in Practice Awards led by Shailen Rao, used community pharmacists to help educate and monitor patients

Medico-legal Issues in Practice

GPwSIs can play key role in improving community services

The Government is looking at expanding GPwSI services in its plan to move patient care closer to home. Dr Gerard Panting discusses the issues GPs need to consider

Focus on CME

Guidelines in Practice CME questions: 57

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

Patient Information

SIGN notes for discussion with patients and carers

26. Management of patients with dementia

QOF2 Indicators

QOF2 clinical indicators: summary tables

Meetings & Conferences

Diary of events

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

Notes for Authors

Writing for Guidelines in Practice: instructions for authors

Out of Hours

Patients are people not commodities

Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol