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Guidelines in Practice articles
  • Personal health budgets reduce the use of hospital care
    Fitzgerald, Zoe Porter, and Martin Cattermole (Oct 2013 )
  • Raised heart rate is a new traffic light for risk in a feverish child
    Dr John Crimmins (Sep 2013 )
  • GPs need training and resources to identify problem drinkers
    Dr Jack Leach (Jun 2013 )
  • NICE Pathways—the fast and easy way to access guidance
    Sanjay Tanday (May 2013 )
  • GPs need to advise patients on options for future incapacity
    Dr Maria Dyban (Apr 2013 )
  • NICE accreditation adds credibility, quality, and value
    Dr Adrian Palfreeman and Professor Martin Fisher (Apr 2013 )
  • A framework can help to promote guideline implementation
    Pam Tester (Mar 2013 )
  • High-quality care should be available at all times at end of life
    Drs Bee Wee and Stephen Barclay (May 2012 )
  • NICE accreditation: raising the standard of guidance production
    Professor David Haslam (May 2012 )
  • Two new clinical domains have been included in the QOF
    Professor Tim Stokes (Apr 2012 )
  • Patients should be offered referral after suspected anaphylaxis
    Dr Matthew Doyle (Mar 2012 )
  • Very brief advice can be used for smokers who want to quit
    Jennifer Percival (Mar 2012 )
  • Now is the time for practice managers to assess strategy
    Jeremy Syree (Jul 2011 )
  • RCGP ePortfolio will simplify revalidation and assist CPD logging
    Professor Nigel Sparrow and Dr Cath Jenson (Mar 2011 )
  • Stop smoking services are an integral part of smoking cessation
    Dr Tim Coleman (Jan 2011 )
  • Guidance published by NICE in July 2010
    (Aug 2010 )
  • Guidance published by NICE in October 2009
    (Nov 2009 )
  • Guidance published by NICE in September 2009
    (Oct 2009 )
  • Guidance published by NICE in August 2009
    (Sep 2009 )
  • Medicines adherence can be improved by open discussion
    Dr Jonathan Steel (Sep 2009 )
  • Guidance published by NICE in July 2009
    (Aug 2009 )
  • The ABPI Code of Practice: key points for primary care
    Steven Gray (Mar 2009 )
  • Use a systematic approach to support smokers in quitting
    Dr Tim Coleman (Dec 2008 )
  • Patients with insomnia should receive sleep hygiene advice
    Professor Kevin Morgan (Dec 2008 )
  • Effective change management brings better patient care
    Dr Richard More (Oct 2008 )
  • NICE reinforces its guidance on helping smokers to quit
    Jennifer Percival (Jul 2008 )
  • Information should be stored regularly for GP appraisal
    Dr Honor Merriman (Jun 2008 )
  • Pilot scheme will offer support for doctors with health problems
    Dr Gerard Panting (Apr 2008 )
  • Where a patient lives should not determine treatment availability
    Dr Gerard Panting (Mar 2008 )
  • Doctors must respond to signs of chronic fatigue syndrome
    Dr William Hamilton (Dec 2007 )
  • NICE implementation consultants provide local support to primary care
    Jayne Chidgey-Clark (Sep 2007 )
  • Preparing an indicative PBC budget: can you justify what you spend?
    Dr David Jenner (Jun 2007 )
  • Brief and intensive interventions do help patients to quit smoking
    Dr Matt Kearney (Jun 2007 )
  • Implementation of PBC: what has been achieved so far?
    Dr David Jenner (Mar 2007 )
  • Primary care smoking cessation services improve quit rates
    Joanna Robinson (Jan 2007 )
  • Partnerships are highlighted in updated Good Medical Practice
    Dr Gerard Panting (Dec 2006 )
  • The changing role of the General Medical Council
    Dr Gerard Panting (Sep 2006 )
  • PCTs should fund expensive medication where appropriate
    Dr Gerard Panting (Aug 2006 )
  • GPwSIs can play key role in improving community services
    Dr Gerard Panting (Jun 2006 )
  • Practice registers are key to care pathway for falls
    Alison Wall (Aug 2005 )
  • More exams are not the answer to revalidation
    Dr Amrik Gill (May 2005 )
  • Accommodating the needs of deaf and blind patients
    Dr Charles Sears (Mar 2005 )
  • Forth Valley guideline transforms standards of epilepsy care
    (Oct 2004 )
  • Good communication with patients depends on efficient systems
    Dr Matthew Lockyer (Dec 2003 )
  • Keep repeat prescriptions for the consulting room
    Dr Geoff Clayton (Nov 2003 )
  • Education will help underpin contract's quality framework
    Dr Russell Steele (Oct 2003 )
  • GP specialists help to enhance provision of local clinical services
    Maureen Bower (Jun 2003 )
  • Analysing critical incidents and significant events
    (Apr 2003 )
  • Getting the most from the summative assessment audit
    Dr Russell Steele (Apr 2003 )
  • Evidence-based advice from the HDA on alcohol and smoking
    Dr Tonya Gillis (Feb 2003 )
  • Practice rewarded for setting high standards in patient services
    Laurence Bernthal (Feb 2003 )
  • National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care, Leicester
    Dr Tim Stokes (Jan 2003 )
  • Sheffield Evidence Based Guidelines Programme
    Aileen McIntosh (Nov 2002 )
  • GPs with special interests are key to improving patient care
    Dr Maureen Baker (Jul 2002 )
  • Delivering quality: the new GP contract framework
    Dr John Chisholm (Jun 2002 )
  • Delivering palliative care in the community
    Dr Richard Hillier (Apr 2002 )
  • NICE referral advice will improve patient care
    Dr Chris Barclay (Feb 2002 )
  • GP and practice nurse collaborations prove popular with patients
    Dr David Kernick (Feb 2002 )
  • GPs must be involved in developing NHS guidelines
    Mayur Lakhani (Jan 2002 )
  • The National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care
    Dr Mayur Lakhani (Jan 2002 )
  • The National Guidelines and Audit Patient Involvement Unit
    Dr Marcia Kelson (Dec 2001 )
  • How to deal with violent and abusive patients
    Dr Gerard Panting (Dec 2001 )
  • Primary care clinic targets men's health
    Dr Mike Kirby (Nov 2001 )
  • Guidelines in Practice CME questions: 3
    (Nov 2001 )
  • GP protocol for repeat prescribing reduces costs and workload
    Dr Hazel Butler (Oct 2001 )
  • Our panel of experts answer questions on audit
    Dr Mark Charny (Oct 2001 )
  • Reducing the burden of chronic pain in primary care
    Dr Blair Smith (Oct 2001 )
  • The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
    Graeme McAlister (Oct 2001 )
  • Drug misusers benefit from treatment in primary care
    Drs Kausar Jafri and Jez Thompson (Oct 2001 )
  • How to decide when a patient group direction is needed
    Peter Jones (Sep 2001 )
  • The College of Health
    Marianne Rigge (Aug 2001 )
  • Patients appreciate seeing their notes
    Dr Brian Fisher (Jul 2001 )
  • Practice nurse input improves care of depressed patients
    Dr Phillip Bland (Jun 2001 )
  • The Centre for Innovation in Primary Care
    Rosaline Eve (Jun 2001 )
  • Guidelines for making practice away days a worthwhile experience
    Dr Tim Harlow (Apr 2001 )
  • Clinical Effectiveness Forum for Allied Health Professions
    Judy Mead (Apr 2001 )
  • Following up patients who have received advice from NHS Direct
    Dr Gerard Panting (Apr 2001 )
  • Clinical Effectiveness Forum for Allied Health Professions
    Judy Mead and Christine Sealey-Lapes (Apr 2001 )

  • Judy Mead and Christine Sealey-Lapes (Apr 2001 )
  • The King's Fund
    Dr Stephen Gillam and Andrew Bell (Mar 2001 )
  • NSF must not prevent GPs taking a holistic approach
    Dr David Archer (Mar 2001 )
  • PIN group gives patients input into NICE guidance
    Neil Betteridge (Mar 2001 )
  • Writing for Guidelines in Practice: instructions for authors
    (Feb 2001 )
  • Improving healthcare delivery using the EFQM Excellence model
    Brenda Bulman and Dr Adrian Davies (Feb 2001 )
  • SIGN guideline aims to improve outcome after head injury
    Mr Douglas Gentleman (Feb 2001 )
  • Patient-friendly guidelines may aid patient compliance
    Mr Arden-Davis (Feb 2001 )
  • Commission for Health Improvement
    Dr Kieran Sweeney (Jan 2001 )
  • Practice protocol to stop smoking includes new drug therapy
    Dr Kausar Jafri and Marilyn Liu (Dec 2000 )
  • NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
    Rachel Richardson (Dec 2000 )
  • NHS Plan looks set to change the face of primary care
    Dr Bill Barker (Nov 2000 )
  • CASPE Research
    James Coles (Oct 2000 )
  • New guidance aims to help GPs manage dying patients
    Dr Anne Naysmith (Aug 2000 )
  • Don't forget your local health librarian
    (Aug 2000 )
  • The National Prescribing Centre
    Clive Jackson (Jul 2000 )
  • The Clinical Practice Evaluation Programme
    Professor Allen Hutchinson (Jun 2000 )
  • The Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
    Dr Martin Dawes (Apr 2000 )
  • New website launched for approved group protocols
    (Apr 2000 )
  • NSF will help GPs improve standards of CHD care
    Dr Mark Davis (Apr 2000 )
  • Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit
    Professor Richard Baker (Mar 2000 )
  • Checklist facilitates move from guidelines to protocols
    Dr Philip Cotton (Mar 2000 )
  • Selecting a strategy for sleep problems in children
    Dr Greg Dilliway (Mar 2000 )
  • Promoting local ownership of guidelines
    Dr Patricia Donald (Mar 2000 )
  • Crown II Report covers group protocols
    (Jan 2000 )
  • The National Institute for Clinical Excellence
    Anne-Toni Rodgers (Jan 2000 )
  • SIGN Roadshows take team approach to implementation
    Dr Philip Cotton, Dr Patricia Donald and Anne Farquharson (Jan 2000 )
  • 'NICE' work if you can implement it
    Dr Berry Beaumont and Nick Pahl (Dec 1999 )
  • When to move on to a new guideline
    Dr Mark Charny (Dec 1999 )
  • LMC sets criteria to help GPs select guidelines
    Dr Harry Yoxall (Dec 1999 )
  • w to ensure that your guideline is used
    Dr Mark Charny (Nov 1999 )
  • How to monitor the progress of a guideline
    Dr Mark Charny (Oct 1999 )
  • RCP Report aims to improve domiciliary oxygen services
    Dr Michael Rudolf (Oct 1999 )
  • Do junior doctors recognise their consultants?
    (Oct 1999 )
  • How to introduce a new guideline in your practice
    Dr Mark Charny (Aug 1999 )
  • Anaphylaxis guidance will save lives
    Dr Matthew Lockyer (Aug 1999 )
  • How to draw up your own guidelines
    Dr Mark Charny (Jul 1999 )
  • Getting to grips with clinical governance
    Dr Richard Baker (Jun 1999 )
  • Is this guideline right for your patients?
    Dr Mark Charny (Jun 1999 )
  • Guidance needed in areas that guidelines ignore
    Dr Elizabeth Davies (Jun 1999 )
  • Assessing the quality of national guidelines
    Fran�oise Cluzeau (Jun 1999 )
  • How to find out about existing guidelines
    Dr Mark Charny (May 1999 )
  • Why patient information needs to be evidence based
    Patricia Dawson (May 1999 )
  • What clinical governance will mean for GPs
    Dr John Campbell and Dr Sue Proctor (Apr 1999 )
  • How to prioritise your work on guidelines
    Dr Mark Charny (Apr 1999 )
  • Electronic Pink Book: an integrated clinical information system
    Joan Hunter and Dr Matthew Lockyer (Apr 1999 )
  • Do you need a guideline?
    Dr Mark Charny (Mar 1999 )
  • What are guidelines for?
    Dr Mark Charny (Jan 1999 )
  • Getting to the heart of meta-analysis
    Dr Matthew Lockyer (Jan 1999 )
  • Guidelines promote more rational use of antibiotics
    Dr Rob Wicks (Dec 1998 )
  • Teamwork is essential in implementing guidelines
    Dr Patricia Donald (Nov 1998 )
  • Guidelines cannot cover all clinical situations
    (Nov 1998 )
  • NICE to lead national guideline development
    Clive Jackson (Nov 1998 )
  • How to select guidelines
    Richard Baker (Oct 1998 )
  • Guidelines in Practice
    Corinne Short (Oct 1998 )
  • Applying guidelines to general practice
    Matthew Lockyer (Oct 1998 )
Guidelines summaries
Anaphylaxis: assessment to confirm an anaphylactic episode and the decision to refer after emergency treatment for a suspected anaphylactic episode National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Smoking cessation services National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Tobacco: harm-reduction approaches to smoking National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Early identification and referral of liver disease in infants Children's Liver Disease Foundation
Making medicines safer for children—guidance for the use of unlicensed medicines in paediatric patients Working Party — Tomlin, Cockerill, Costello, Griffith, Hicks, Sutcliffe, Tuleu, Wong & Wright
NICE clinical guidelines

  • February 2012

  • December 2011

  • December 2011

  • November 2011

  • September 2011

  • Feb 2011

  • Dec 2010

  • Oct 2010

  • June 2010

  • May 2010

  • Feb 2010

  • Jul 2009

  • Mar 2009

  • Jan 2009

  • Jul 2008

  • Apr 2008

  • Mar 2008

  • Sep 2007

  • Sep 2007

  • Jun 2003

  • Jul 2004

  • Nov 2004

  • Feb 2005
SIGN guidelines
Demonstrating impact
  • Raised heart rate is a new traffic light for risk in a feverish child
    Dr John Crimmins (Sep 2013 )
  • Stop smoking services are an integral part of smoking cessation
    Dr Tim Coleman (Jan 2011 )
Test and reflect
  • Patients with insomnia should receive sleep hygiene advice
    Professor Kevin Morgan (Dec 2008 )
  • NICE reinforces its guidance on helping smokers to quit
    Jennifer Percival (Jul 2008 )

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