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Volume 13 Issue 6 - June 2010

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - June 2010 cover
  Editorial
  New guidance will support the delivery of end-of-life care
  News
  Guidance released on management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men
  Advice published on alcohol-use disorders
  Editorial
  Cardiac rehabilitation could be provided from home
  Dr Alan Begg explains how cardiac rehabilitation programmes have an important role in the secondary prevention of CVD
  Guidelines Revisited
  Immediate treatment of stroke is key for improved outcomes
  Dr Scott Ramsay explains how the SIGN guideline on stroke and transient ischaemic attack recommends rapid diagnosis and subsequent pharmacological intervention
  Guidelines Revisited
  Recognising symptom patterns will aid early diagnosis of dementia
  Professor Steve Iliffe discusses how both general practitioners and commissioners can ensure the national dementia strategy is implemented in primary care
  Guidelines Revisited
  Prompt referral is required for suspected new epileptic seizures
  Dr Simon de Groot explains how management of patients with epilepsy remains poor despite availability of guidance and recognition of the impact of the condition
  Hot Topic
  The national strategy for COPD will provide a 10-year plan for improving quality of services and patient care
  Clinicians and commissioners should prepare for the launch of this strategy and implementation of its evidence-based recommendations, says Dr Steve Holmes
  NHS Evidence
  The NHS Evidence accreditation mark highlights quality
  Dr Gillian Leng, Professor David Haslam, and Mr Tahir Mahmood explain how the NHS Evidence Accreditation Scheme helps the user identify high-quality guidance
  Out of Hours
  A guideline for surviving the Con-Dems coalition
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol