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Volume 12 Issue 9 - September 2009
| Colour Key: | |
| NICE or Department of Health guideline | |
| SIGN guideline | |
| Independent professional body guideline | |
| Working party guideline | |
| Other articles |
| Editorial | |
| Patients must be involved in prescribing decisions | |
| News | |
| SIGN publishes draft guideline on management of diabetes | |
| First menu of potential QOF indicators published by NICE | |
| New Guideline | |
| GPs should familiarise themselves with newer agents for diabetes | |
| Dr Niru Goenka outlines the need for NICE guidance on newer agents for blood-glucose control, and summarises the main recommendations regarding treatment options | |
| New Guidance Summaries | |
| Guidance published by NICE in August 2009 | |
| New Guideline | |
| Medicines adherence can be improved by open discussion | |
| Dr Jonathan Steel discusses the NICE guideline on medicines adherence and explains the role of GPs in helping patients to make an informed decision about prescribed drugs | |
| Guideline Revisited | |
| Primary care can manage most urinary incontinence cases | |
| Dr Julian Spinks reviews the NICE guideline on the management of urinary incontinence in women, the need for improvements in diagnosis, and the availability of services | |
| Guideline Revisited | |
| A range of therapies are available for the treatment of psoriasis | |
| Dr Alison Roberts outlines the different types of psoriasis and reviews the topical, systemic, and biological interventions that can be used to manage this condition | |
| Out of Hours | |
| Patients and GPs need to fight their steroid phobia | |
| Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
Guidelines in Practice, September 2009, Volume 12 (9)
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