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Volume 10 Issue 10 - October 2007
| Colour Key: | |
| NICE or Department of Health guideline | |
| SIGN guideline | |
| Independent professional body guideline | |
| Working party guideline | |
| Other articles |
| Editorial | |
| Details of QOF revision are awaited with interest | |
| News | |
| BMA issues guidance on spread and control of respiratory illnesses | |
| Guidance for treating children and young people published by GMC | |
| Your Letters | |
| GPs should refer patients with ED if the condition causes severe distress | |
| Share your views on recent issues of Guidelines in Practice | |
| Personal View | |
| NICE issues guidance on prescription of adalimumab | |
| Dr Louise Warburton discusses how authorisation of this effective medication will revolutionise treatment for psoriatic arthritis | |
| Personal View | |
| PD guidance from NICE has been difficult to implement | |
| Dr Chris Taggart revisits the NICE Parkinson’s disease guideline to assess whether its key priorities have been addressed locally | |
| GMS Contract: QOF2 | |
| Effective management of hypertension is a key aim for primary care | |
| Dr Alan Begg discusses the implementation of clinical indicators for registration and review set out under the QOF and how control of high blood pressure can be achieved | |
| New Guideline | |
| SIGN guideline highlights warning signs for autism spectrum disorders | |
| New guidance will bring benefits of evidence-based management to children and young people with ASD, explain Dr Iain McClure and Professor Anne O’Hare | |
| New Guideline | |
| The role of GPs in the management of osteoporosis is crucial | |
| The British Orthopaedic Association and British Geriatrics Society Blue Book encourages primary care to provide fracture and falls prevention guidance, says Dr Pam Brown | |
| Medico-legal Issues in Practice | |
| Medical information on practice websites must be factual and verifiable | |
| Websites need to be regularly updated so that users are not misled or misinformed, and patient confidentiality must be maintained at all times, says Dr Gerard Panting | |
| Focus on CME | |
| Guidelines in Practice: CME questions: 73 | |
| 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 | |
| Conferences & Meetings | |
| Diary of events | |
| Please let us know of your forthcoming meetings and workshops for inclusion in our events diary | |
| Out of Hours | |
| NHS reconfiguration must be based on patient benefits | |
| Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol |
Guidelines in Practice, October 2007, Volume 10 (10)
© 2007 MGP
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