Contents – October 2006

Editorial

NICE  to help NHS use resources more effectively

Good practice commissioning guides: the latest NICE initiative to promote cost-effectiveness across the NHS

News

Latest QOF data show GPs achieve near maximum scores for 2005/2006

New areas of focus included in revised version of Good Medical Practice

Personal View

Two new treatments will benefit psoriasis patients

NICE technology appraisal lists those patients who will be eligible for new drug therapies, as Dr Alison Roberts explains

New Guidelines: Development

Guidance will help GPs to diagnose and manage tuberculosis

The NICE guideline on TB will provide measures to aid the prevention and control of this re-emerging communicable disease, comments Dr Gerry Bryant

GP Contract: QOF2

Managing high blood pressure is important in many areas of QOF2

Dr Alan Begg comments on the revised hypertension indicators in QOF2, and how they are affected by the partial update of the NICE hypertension guideline

Medico-legal Issues in Practice

GPs should be an integral part of the child welfare team

New guidance sets out procedure for safeguarding the wellbeing of children, and healthcare professionals have an important role, as Dr Gerard Panting explains

Focus on CME

Guidelines in Practice CME questions: 61

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 you forthcoming meetings and workshops for inclusion in our events diary

Out of Hours

Is your glass half empty or half full?

Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol