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Volume 11 Issue 3 - March 2008

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - March 2008 cover
  Editorial
  Access to contraception will be helped by DH funding
  News
  A new guideline on osteoarthritis in adults has been issued by NICE
  NICE guideline will improve care for adult patients with IBS
   
  Personal View
  Cervical cancer guideline will assist timely referral
  Dr Richard Peevor comments on the new SIGN guideline and its support for the role of multidisciplinary care for patients
  Personal View
  Guideline supports care of children with eczema
  NICE guidance aids decision-making and enables clinicians to inform and educate children and their carers, says Dr Stephen Hayes
   
  New Guideline
  New recommendations will aid assessment of pain in the elderly
  British Pain Society and British Geriatrics Society guideline will help to improve identification of pain and produce a more considered approach to management, says Dr Pat Schofield
   
  Guideline Revisited
  Primary care has a key role in early diagnosis of lung cancer
  Dr Michael Peake outlines the difficulties with early recognition of disease and highlights recommendations in the NICE guidelines for GPs on identification and referral
   
  Hot Topic
  Where a patient lives should not determine treatment availability
  Equal access to correct diagnosis, specialist care, and newer more effective therapies is key to better cancer survival and mortality rates, comments Dr Gerard Panting
   
  Guideline Revisited
  Long-acting methods of contraception are more cost effective
  NICE supports use of LARC, but healthcare professionals need to be trained to develop and maintain the relevant skills, explains Dr Sam Rowlands
   
  Out of Hours
  Legislation reinforces need for openness in drug trials
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol