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Volume 15 Issue 8 - August 2012
| Colour Key: | |
| NICE or Department of Health guideline | |
| SIGN guideline | |
| Independent professional body guideline | |
| Working party guideline | |
| Other articles |

| Editorial | |
| Improving care of GI conditions will bring many rewards | |
| News | |
| NICE releases guidance on reducing risk of type 2 diabetes | |
| Four indicators for rheumatoid arthritis announced in QOF 2013/14 menu | |
| Personal View | |
| Greater recognition of the impact of GI conditions is required | |
| Drs Lisa Das and Steve Fox discuss current and potential ways of improving care for gastrointestinal disorders and the need to consider the rising demand for service provision | |
| GMS Contract | |
| Hypertension should be managed and treated proactively | |
| Dr Diviash Thakrar discusses the management of high blood pressure in terms of the 2012/13 QOF and explains that the QOF targets should be regarded as an audit standard of care | |
| GMS Contract | |
| Asthma annual reviews should include RCP 'three questions' | |
| Dr Dominic Horne reviews the asthma indicators in the QOF 2012/13 and highlights how their implementation could help to reduce asthma morbidity and mortality | |
| Out of Hours | |
| Can the Olympics create a public legacy? | |
| Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP returner in Bristol | |

