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Volume 14 Issue 12 - December 2011

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - October 2011 cover
  Editorial
  GPs can help with early diagnosis of lung cancer
  News
  NICE provides guidance for management of self-harm
  NICE releases new quality standard for end-of-life care
  Updated Guideline
  Early recognition of lung cancer will help to improve outcomes
  Dr David Baldwin explains how recent developments in the diagnostic, assessment, and treatment pathways are reflected in the updated NICE guideline on lung cancer
  NICE Quality Standards
  Patients with diabetes should be at the centre of all parts of their care
  Dr Roger Gadsby highlights how the NICE quality standard for diabetes will help to improve care in a number of areas, such as provision of education and initiation of insulin therapy
  GMS Contract
  Patients with mental health illnesses are at higher risk of CVD
  The updated QOF indicators will help to improve the physical health of people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or other psychoses, says Dr Caroline Dollery
  GMS Contract
  Practices should review the number of outpatient referrals
  Dr Nigel Watson outlines how the QOF quality and productivity indicators aim to improve efficiency through clinician engagement and clinical pathway redesign
  Out of Hours
  Depression and failure are a part of life
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol