Dr Charles Sears
GP, Salisbury
- Implementing guidelines
Accommodating the needs of deaf and blind patients
Adapting premises and providing information for those with sensory disabilities need not be difficult, says Dr Charles Sears
- Implementing guidelines
WHO Guide to Mental Health in Primary Care: chronic tiredness
Dr Charles Sears finds it invaluable to have the current advice on angina management set out succinctly in the guidance from SIGN
- Personal view
New SIGN angina guideline will promote best practice
Dr Charles Sears finds it invaluable to have the current advice on angina management set out succinctly in the guidance from SIGN
- Medico-legal issues
New guidance on PGDs clarifies legal position
Dr Charles Sears discusses the new legislation and guidance on drawing up patient group directions
- Personal view
New back pain guidelines advise early return to work
Dr Charles Sears, GP and member of the back pain guidelines working group, Faculty of Occupational Medicine
- Personal view
Getting to grips with coeliac disease
Most cases of coeliac disease remain undiagnosed. Dr Charles Sears explains how PCSG guidance will improve detection
- Hot topic
Time to take a fresh look at learning disability
Guidance on primary care for people with learning disability stresses the importance of awareness, reports Dr Charles Sears
- Personal view
Back pain guidelines highlight psychosocial factors
Yellow flags are an important aid to our management of acute low back pain, as Dr Charles Sears explains
- Good practice initiative
Implementing asthma guidelines at practice level
Dr Charles Sears describes how his practice adapted the BTS guidelines on asthma management to suit their patient population