Contents – June 2001
News
Early action urged in
angina
Adding reminder messages
to X-rays cuts inappropriate requests by a fifth
Guidelines on infertility
alter GP management but not secondary care
Editorial
New guidance
on COPD helps GPs to identify early disease
Dr David Bellamy, GP, Bournemouth, and a BTS member
Personal View
Controlling
BP in the elderly poses a challenge to GPs
Dr David Brodie argues that the SIGN hypertension guideline
for older people is sometimes difficult to apply in practice
Personal View
Improving
ethical decision making in primary care
Dr Anne Slowther discusses how PCG/Ts can ensure the delivery
of high standards of ethical as well as clinical care
In Reply
PGDs can
help GPs meet standards in travel health
Jane Chiodini's article on travel vaccination PGDs boosted
Dr Chris Barclay's confidence in providing travel health advice
Beacon Awards
Practice
protocol optimises antibiotic prescribing by GPs
Dr James Larcombe describes how an evidence-based antibiotic
policy developed by his practice led to a fall in prescribing rates and increased
patient satisfaction
Guideline Development
Treating
hypertension in older people could reduce strokes and CHD
New SIGN guidance emphasises that treating hypertension
in the over-60s effectively can reduce cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events,
explains Dr Ron MacWalter
Electronic Patient Records
Electronic
health records strengthen the doctor-patient partnership
In the first of a new series, Dr Richard Fitton describes
how giving patients on-line access to their records in a pilot project benefited
patients and health professionals
Beacon Awards
Vascular
disease programme reduces inequities of care
GP Dr David Whitford and Liz Brittlebank describe a comprehensive
and structured programme of care for all patients with or at high risk of vascular
disease
Audit
Practice
nurse input improves care of depressed patients
Dr Phillip Bland explains how practice audit highlighted
the benefits of sharing the care of patients who were newly diagnosed with depression
with the practice nurse
Electronic Communication
NHSnet
revolutionises information exchange in the new NHS
In the sixth article in this series, Dr Nigel Watson explains
how NHSnet aims to provide fast, secure and effective communication of data
within the NHS
Medico-legal Issues in Practice
Why
GPs should report and audit critical events
In the sixth article in this series, Dr Gerard Panting explains
how having a system in place for reporting and auditing critical events can
reduce their occurrence
Key Organisations
The Centre
for Innovation in Primary Care
Rosalind Eve, Director, Centre for Innovation in Primary
Care
eGuidelines
eGuidelines
update
Guidelines summaries and Guidelines in Practice
online at www.eguidelines.co.uk
CLIP Database
Clinical Improvements
Online Database
The CLIP database is now online and available to registered
users of eGuidelines at www.eguidelines.co.uk/clip
NEW SERIES: Your Problems Solved – IT
We answer your
questions on information technology
In the first of a new series of Q&As, Dr Nigel Watson
answers some frequently asked questions on IT in general practice
Index
Index to Guidelines
in Practice Vol 3, Jan to Dec 2000
Notes for authors
Writing for Guidelines
in Practice: instructions for authors
Authors are advised to follow these instructions carefully
to ensure that their article is processed smoothly and quickly
Out of Hours
Guidelines
on staying out of trouble
Dr Phil Hammond, GP and atheist presenter of BBC1's Heaven
and Earth Show
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