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Volume 13 Issue 3 - March 2010
| Colour Key: | |
| NICE or Department of Health guideline | |
| SIGN guideline | |
| Independent professional body guideline | |
| Working party guideline | |
| Other articles |

| Editorial | |
| Better access to psychological therapies is needed | |
| News | |
| Guideline published to help GPs identify early cervical cancer in young women | |
| SIGN updates guideline on the management of obesity | |
| Updated Guideline | |
| All patients admitted to hospital should be assessed for risk of VTE | |
| Professor Tom Treasure, Dr Lee-Yee Chong, and Dr Jennifer Hill outline the NICE guideline on the prevention of venous thromboembolism and the use of prophylaxis | |
| Guideline Revisited | |
| NICE post-MI guideline provides a framework for primary care | |
| Dr Rajiv Rampat and Professor Adam Timmis discuss the lifestyle and drug treatment recommendations on secondary prevention following a myocardial infarction | |
| New Guideline | |
| Gastroenteritis in young children should trigger a dehydration assessment | |
| Dr Stephen Murphy and Shona Burman-Roy outline the NICE recommendations on managing diarrhoea and vomiting caused by gastroenteritis in children under 5 years | |
| Hot Topic | |
| Joint working can bring benefits to all parties involved | |
| Martin Anderson summarises the available guidance on joint working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry, and provides examples of successful case studies | |
| Out of Hours | |
| Should EU states have equal access to drug information? | |
| Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |

