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Volume 12 Issue 2 - February 2009
| Colour Key: | |
| NICE or Department of Health guideline | |
| SIGN guideline | |
| Independent professional body guideline | |
| Working party guideline | |
| Other articles |

| Editorial | |
| Patients should be involved in personalised care planning | |
| News | |
| NICE issues recommendations on antisocial personality disorder | |
| Borderline personality disorder guidance is published by NICE | |
| DIAMOND trial indicates that step-up strategy for dyspepsia is more cost-effective | |
| Personal View | |
| Secondary prevention of fractures addressed by NICE | |
| Dr Pam Brown reviews the recommendations made by NICE in Technology Appraisal 161 and discusses their implementation | |
| Editorial | |
| Are CV events in diabetes reduced by aspirin? | |
| Dr Alan Begg reviews the POPADAD trial results along with other evidence for the use of aspirin in patients with diabetes | |
| New Guideline | |
| GPs need to be aware of the risk factors for developing CKD | |
| Dr Ivan Benett outlines the key recommendations from the NICE guideline on chronic kidney disease that can be implemented in primary care | |
| Local Intitative | |
| Patients with diabetes are benefiting from a structured care service | |
| Koon Lan Chan explains how the pilot study undertaken in Sefton PCT has improved care for patients with diabetes who are housebound or in nursing or residential homes | |
| Hot Topic | |
| Does integrated care have the potential to improve service delivery? | |
| Dr Gerard Panting outlines the concept of integrated care, and the benefits and challenges that it may bring, along with details of the Department of Health pilot programme | |
| Out of Hours | |
| Is assisted death preferable to palliative care? | |
| Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol |

