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Volume 13 Issue 9 - September 2010
| Colour Key: | |
| NICE or Department of Health guideline | |
| SIGN guideline | |
| Independent professional body guideline | |
| Working party guideline | |
| Other articles |

| Editorial | |
| NICE quality standards are markers of best practice | |
| News | |
| Guideline on transient loss of consciousness published by NICE | |
| NICE offers advice on managing hypertension in pregnant women | |
| New Guideline | |
| Antibiotics should not be used routinely for treating sore throat | |
| Mrs Ceilidh Kennedy and Mr Musheer Hussain explain the new SIGN recommendations on management of sore throats and indications for tonsillectomy | |
| New Guideline | |
| Impact of idiopathic childhood constipation is underestimated | |
| Dr Jenny Gordon explains how the NICE guideline on constipation in children will help to improve recognition and management of this distressing and disruptive condition | |
| Guideline Revisited | |
| NICE guideline on UI may require updating in line with new evidence | |
| Angie Rantell and Professor Linda Cardozo discuss the latest evidence-based recommendations for managing urinary incontinence in women | |
| Guideline Revisited | |
| Patient education is an important aspect of managing OA | |
| Dr Steve Brown highlights how the NICE guideline on osteoarthritis guides choice of treatment depending on safety, cost, efficacy, and individual circumstances | |
| Out of Hours | |
| GP commissioners need to focus on preventive strategies | |
| Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |

