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Volume 14 Issue 9 - September 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
  Structured education is a key part of diabetes care
  News
  Advice published on improving care for alcohol-related disorders
  NICE releases guidance on the management of hypertension
  New Guideline
  NICE brings together guidance on identifying mental health disorders
  Professor Tony Kendrick outlines how access and use of services for common mental health disorders could be improved through commissioning and support for patients
  GMS Contract
  Implementation of the asthma QOF indicators can be further improved
  Dr Noel Baxter explains that although the QOF indicators for asthma have not been revised, their interpretation is affected by the updated BTS/SIGN asthma guideline
  Personal View
  NICE offers practical advice on managing stable angina
  Implementation of key priorities from the NICE guideline on stable angina may help to reduce the costs of care, says Dr Ahmet Fuat
  New Guideline
  Topical corticosteroids should be applied once daily for eczema
  Dr Michael Tidman highlights recommendations from SIGN on the management of atopic eczema, which may reduce prescribing and improve patient compliance
  Guideline Revisited
  Structured care for diabetes should cover a spectrum of areas
  Professor Philip Home discusses current NICE treatment strategies and recent and future developments in the control of blood-glucose levels in type 2 diabetes
  Out of Hours
  Advise patients with STIs to be honest with their partners
  Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol