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Latest expert articles

Key learning points: NICE hypertension in adults
2019-11-18T15:13:00+00:00By Professor Terry McCormack
Professor Terry McCormack highlights key learning points from NICE’s 2019 update on diagnosing and managing hypertension
What indicators can help to predict future risk of asthma attacks?
2019-11-14T14:04:00+00:00By Dr Sinan Eccles
Dr Sinan Eccles discusses the new recommendations from the 2019 BTS/SIGN asthma guideline, including updated advice about monitoring asthma
Top tips: getting started with dermoscopy
2019-11-08T09:29:00+00:00By Dr Kash Bhatti
Dr Kash Bhatti provides 10 top tips for GPs who want to get started with dermoscopy and diagnose benign skin lesions with confidence

Antibiotic Research UK partnership

To celebrate 25 years of promoting best practice in healthcare, we have teamed up with Antibiotic Research UK in a partnership to help raise awareness of antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK) is the world’s first charity created to fight antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections through research, education and patient support.

Antimicrobial stewardship resource hub

We have brought together all our resources to support you in your knowledge of antibiotic resistant infections, antimicrobial prescribing, and stewardship. You can also find information on ANTRUK’s patient support and information programme, and details of how to take part in their annual fundraiser, 'The Great British Tea Party'.

Educational resources

Test and reflect

Guidelines in Practice multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to help you test your knowledge and reflect on your learning after reading an article. Below is a list of the most recent sets of MCQs.

More test and reflect modules

Educational resources

Resources developed by Guidelines in Practice, including animations, checklists, formulary decision guides, supplements, and webinars

Trajenta® (linagliptin) 5 mg film-coated tablets

Promotional material from Boehringer Ingelheim Limited and Lilly Diabetes Alliance

Delivering savings by improving the management of patients with chronic coronary syndrome in the AMU setting: a case study

Commissioned by A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL

Guideline for the managed introduction of biosimilar basal insulin

Supported by an educational grant from Mylan

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Formulary decision guide: Ozempic®▼ (semaglutide)

Commissioned by Novo Nordisk Limited

Trajenta® (linagliptin) 5 mg film-coated tablets
Delivering savings by improving the management of patients with chronic coronary syndrome in the AMU setting: a case study
Guideline for the managed introduction of biosimilar basal insulin
Formulary decision guide: Ozempic®▼ (semaglutide)

Top tips

Evidence-based, practical tips to help you to quickly update your knowledge in a range of clinical areas

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Digital editions

November 2019 issue

The digital edition of the November 2019 issue of Guidelines in Practice, featuring articles on: asthma, hypertension, dermoscopy, and cardiovascular disease in diabetes

October 2019 issue

The digital edition of the October 2019 issue of Guidelines in Practice, featuring articles on: COPD, depression in children and young people, lung cancer, and frailty and polypharmacy

September 2019 issue

The digital edition of the September 2019 issue of Guidelines in Practice, featuring articles on: asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes in older people, and prostate cancer

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Latest Guidelines summaries

NICE hyperparathyroidism guideline

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:42 GMT

This summary covers diagnostics, monitoring, care in pregnancy and advice for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.
NICE fever in under 5s guideline

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:23 GMT

A summary of the 2019 updated NICE guideline on fever in under 5s with a ‘traffic light’ approach to assessing risk, and features of specific diseases
Insomnia guideline

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 09:19 GMT

This summary describes the appropriate diagnostic process and the treatment options for insomnia.

View from the ground

No need to be a hero

2019-12-06T12:02:00+00:00By Dr Richard Crane

As I write this I am lying in bed feeling awful. Awful as in ill and awful as in guilty, in equal measure. I’m feeling ill because I have gastroenteritis and guilty because it is Monday morning and I should be at work. I should be tackling the post-weekend triage ...

Appreciating our colleagues

2019-11-21T16:11:00+00:00By Dr Zoe Norris

I have been musing about how we can get better at retaining staff in primary care; this has largely been because I have found myself as the clinical director of my local primary care network. Now that the dust has settled around filling in various forms, signing agreements, and working ...

Patient creativity

2019-11-06T15:40:00+00:00By Dr Kim Grant

I don’t think you would disagree that life as a GP can feel pretty time-constrained, pressured, and exhausting, so to lighten the mood I thought I might share some amusing anecdotes on patient creativity.

Being a portfolio GP

2019-09-04T10:58:00+01:00By Dr Toni Hazell

Next month is the 15th anniversary of the end of my general practice vocational training scheme (GPVTS). If you had asked me then what I would be doing now, the answer would have been clear—after a few years as a salaried GP, I would have become a partner. It was ...

The junior doctor contract: a trainee’s perspective

2019-07-18T15:57:00+01:00By Dr Sarah Merrifield

The junior doctor strikes in 2016 over the new contract brought disruption to many. Like many of my colleagues I participated in what seemed like endless social media activity, protests, and letter writing. Like many, I also became disillusioned with the fight over time. The amount of energy expended seemed ...

Clinical focus: multimorbidity

Our clinical focus sections highlights news and best-practice articles on specific clinical areas.

Pharmacist focus

Frailty and polypharmacy: the role of the practice pharmacist

2019-10-21T15:40:00+01:00

Samantha Cudby and Gupinder Syan explain the role of the practice pharmacist in supporting the management of frail older people in primary care

Test and reflect

Best practice in managing co-morbidities in type 2 diabetes

2018-07-05T13:40:00+01:00

This CPD activity consists of 5 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) designed to test your knowledge on managing the co-morbidities of type 2 diabetes—you will then be prompted to reflect on your learning.

Co-morbidities in ...

Co-morbidities in type 2 diabetes

2018-07-05T11:00:00+01:00By Dr Kevin Fernando

Dr Kevin Fernando describes eight common co-morbidities in patients with type 2 diabetes and how the co-existing conditions should be managed

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