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Volume 12 Issue 10 - October 2009

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - October 2009 cover
  Editorial
  RCGP credit system for CPD is based on time and impact
  News
  NICE guideline aims to improve immunisation uptake in under 19s
  New Guideline
  Multidisciplinary teams should manage patients with breast cancer
  Dr Chris Gaffney highlights the need for seamless integration between primary and secondary care in the implementation of the NICE guideline on advanced breast cancer
  New Guideline
  Awareness of coeliac disease needs to be raised among GPs
  Dr Tim Stokes and Professor Peter Howdle explain the importance of offering serological testing to patients with suspected coeliac disease in line with NICE guidance
  New Guideline
  Early interventions are key in managing patients with back pain
  Professor Martin Underwood outlines the NICE guideline on non-specific low back pain and explains the rationale behind the recommended treatment options
  New Guideline
  The aim of glaucoma treatment is to maintain a sighted lifetime
  Mr John Sparrow discusses the recommendations from the NICE guideline on the diagnosis and management of chronic open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension
  GMS Contract
  Risk assessment can help in the primary prevention of CVD
  Dr Alan Begg explains how QOF-driven identification of patients with hypertension, along with NICE guidance and screening programmes, can help to reduce CVD prevalence
  Hot Topic
  Why should primary care trusts, practices, and GPs prioritise provision of care for patients with COPD?
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  Out of Hours
  Take the time to enjoy life’s pleasures but don’t overdo it
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol