November 2000

News

SIGN guideline aims to improve early management of head injuries

GPs' knowledge of osteoporosis guidelines is patchy, survey finds

Editorial

Are you ready to change to electronic patient records?

Dr Nigel Watson, GP and Vice-Chairman IM&T Subcommittee of the BMA's General Practitioners Committee

Personal View

Maastricht-2 updates guidance on H. pylori

Dr Mark Cottrill weighs up the revised recommendations from the European Helicobacter Pylori Study Group

In Reply

Identifying hypertensive patients from practice lists

Dr Nigel Watson explains how he identified hypertensive patients in his practice audit, in response to a reader's query

Guideline Development

New guidelines assist GP management of anogenital warts

Consensus guidelines from the ECHPV guide GPs in the choice of therapy for patients with anogenital warts, and identify which patients to refer, as Dr Charles Lacey reports

Linking Evidence to Practice

Trials support use of beta-blockers in chronic heart failure

Dr Andrew Clark and Professor John Cleland explain why beta-blockers deserve to be more widely used in CHF due to left ventricular dysfunction

Guideline Implementation

Developing local cancer guidelines in line with Calman-Hine

Clinical governance lead Dr Paul Twomey describes how a PCG initiative set up to develop local cancer guidelines also enabled local cancer services to be reviewed

NHS Plan

NHS Plan looks set to change the face of primary care

Regional change agent Dr Bill Barker explains how the NHS Plan will affect guideline development and implementation not only for primary care but also for secondary and tertiary care

Key Organisations

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)

Dr Agnes Hibbert, Head of Educational Development, Public Health Resource Unit

Test Your Guidelines Knowledge

Win two nights for two people at Champneys worth £1000

How well do you know the RCP & Bone and Tooth Society's guidelines on prevention and treatment of osteoporosis?

Questions & Answers

Your problems solved

Our editorial board answer your questions on guidelines that lack an implementation strategy, and levels of evidence

Out of Hours

Moving from knowing best to doing best

Dr Phil Hammond, GP, lecturer and presenter of BBC2's Trust Me, I'm a Doctor