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Volume 14 Issue 7 - July 2011

  Colour Key:
  NICE or Department of Health guideline
  SIGN guideline
  Independent professional body guideline
  Working party guideline
  Other articles
Guidelines in Practice - January 2007 cover
  Editorial
  Are you familiar with the diabetes QOF changes
  News
  NICE publishes advice on management of hip fracture
  Quality standard on chronic heart failure published by NICE
  Updated Guideline
  Better asthma control could avoid majority of hospital admissions
  Dr Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion discuss the updated guidance from BTS/SIGN on monitoring and pharmacological therapy for asthma, and its management in adolescents
  New Guideline
  An allergy focused clinical history is key in diagnosis of food allergy
  Dr Joanne Walsh explains how the NICE guideline on food allergy in children and young people will encourage dialogue between care settings, thereby improving allergy services
  New Guideline
  Early diagnosis can improve outcomes for ovarian cancer
  Mr Charles Redman explains how the NICE guideline highlights the role of primary care in ensuring that women with suspected ovarian cancer are referred promptly
  GMS Contract
  Raising the lowest HbA1c QOF target may help reduce mortality risk
  Dr Paul Downie reviews the revised QOF targets for glycated haemoglobin and blood pressure in diabetes and the introduction of a risk assessment after foot screening
  Out of Hours
  NHS whistleblowers should be protected
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol