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Volume 10 Issue 5 - May 2007

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - May 2007 cover
  Editorial
  Delivery of 'close to home' care requires specialist practitioners
  News
  NICE amends its clinical guidelines on depression and anxiety
  Asthma care report and pack published by Asthma UK
  Personal View
  SIGN stable angina guideline highlights treatment options
  Dr Paul Malis and Dr Ken O'Neill comment on the SIGN recommendations for management of stable angina in primary care
   
  Personal View
  NICE guideline will help to improve sexual health
  Dr Jeni Worden discusses how recent guidance will help primary care tackle the problems of STIs and under 18 conceptions in the UK
   
  Guideline Review
  Primary care should manage the majority of atopic eczema cases
  The BAD/PCDS guideline on atopic eczema will help GPs with diagnosis, management, and treatment of this common condition explains Dr Stephen Hayes
   
  New Guideline
  Integrated care pathway for neuropathic pain will help facilitate patient care
  Dr Ganesan Baranidharan discusses an integrated care pathway that has been developed to support healthcare professionals in diagnosing and managing neuropathic pain
   
  Patient Consultation
  Your patient presents with facial paralysis: is it Bell’s palsy?
  Dr Shameen Jaunoo and Mr Robert Sudderick explain what the GP should consider when identifying a case of Bell’s palsy and highlight suitable management and treatment options
   
  Medico-legal Issues in Practice
  The GMC and medical regulation: the next round of reforms
  Dr Gerard Panting assesses proposals for safeguarding patients by revalidation of GPs, changes in performance monitoring, and improvements to complaints procedures
   
  Focus on CME
  Guidelines in Practice: CME questions: 68
  Write the answers in the spaces provided, then put the pages in your personal development plan
   
  NICE Referral Summaries
  A guide to appropriate referral
   
  QOF2 Indicators
  QOF2 clinical indicators: summary tables
   
  Conferences & Meetings
  Diary of events
   
  Out of Hours
  If you have the power, are you using it responsibly?
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol