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Volume 14 Issue 8 - August 2011
| Colour Key: | |
| NICE or Department of Health guideline | |
| SIGN guideline | |
| Independent professional body guideline | |
| Working party guideline | |
| Other articles |

| Editorial | |
| New COPD standards and strategy are available | |
| News | |
| New QOF indicator menu for 2012/13 is published by NICE | |
| NICE publishes guideline on the management of angina | |
| Guideline Revisited | |
| Influenza vaccination may reduce hospital admissions for COPD | |
| Dr Melvyn Jones outlines key priorities for primary care as highlighted in the revised 2010 NICE guideline on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |
| Guideline Revisited | |
| Early GP referral is vital to improvement of outcomes in RA | |
| Drs Caroline Cardy and Simon Bowman discuss the pharmacological treatment pathway for rheumatoid arthritis based on the recent recommendations from NICE | |
| Good Practice Initiative | |
| CVD risk assessment is a cost-effective way of improving care | |
| Paul Westerby, CVD Prevention and Screening Manager with Sandwell PCT, discusses the use of a CVD risk-assessment tool, improvements to service, and potential cost savings | |
| Hot Topic | |
| Now is the time for practice managers to assess strategy | |
| Jeremy Syree, practising chartered accountant and Chairman of the ICAEW Healthcare Committee, outlines key areas of focus for practice managers | |
| Out of Hours | |
| Is the Scottish NHS the best in the UK? | |
| Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |

