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Volume 11 Issue 7 - July 2008

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - July 2008 cover.
  Editorial
  eGuidelines.co.uk updates will keep GPs informed
  News
  SIGN publishes guideline on kidney disease
  Lord Darzi’s NHS review promotes quality care and patient rights
  Personal View
  BTS/SIGN update their guideline on asthma care
  Dr Malcolm Campbell says GPs should look for clinical features of asthma in their patients, and implement a stepped care approach
   
  Personal View
  NICE promotes assessment of cardiovascular risk
  Dr Alan Begg discusses the new guideline on lipid modification, which will prioritise patients on the basis of their clinical history
   
  Guideline Implementation
  Greater evidence of action on urinary incontinence is needed
  Drs Malin Roesner and Adrian Wagg discuss to what extent the NICE guideline has been implemented and suggest how progress could be better monitored
   
  New Guideline
  NICE guideline makes recommendations on prostate cancer care
  Diagnosis is not solely deciding whether a man has prostate cancer, but whether that disease requires treatment, explain Professor Mark Baker and Dr John Graham
   
  Guideline Implementation
  NICE reinforces its guidance on helping smokers to quit
  Jennifer Percival highlights the importance of brief interventions in assisting smoking cessation and the vital role of the primary healthcare team in implementation
   
  Out of Hours
  Tomorrow’s doctors need to be masters of many roles
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol