Is my practice up to date?
Latest guidance from NICE
Opioids for pain relief in palliative care
Rivaroxaban for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in people with atrial fibrillation
Fingolimod for multiple sclerosis (relapsing/remitting)
Boceprevir and telaprevir for hepatitis C
Infection control (update)
Dabigatran for atrial fibrillation
Exenatide for type 2 diabetes
Tocilizumab for rheumatoid arthritis
Epilepsy (Update CG20)
Arthritis (juvenile idiopathic, systemic) - tocilizumab
Service user experience in adult mental health
Longer term management of self-harm
Caesarean section (Update)
Ticagrelor for acute coronary syndromes
Autism in children - initial recognition, referral and diagnosis
Summaries of guidance from the past 12 months of importance to general practice
Since August 2010 NICE has provided a summary of key points for general practice:
Common mental health disorders
Preventing type 2 diabetes
Peripheral arterial disease
- April 2011 summary for general practice
- Ovarian cancer - March 2011 summary for general practice
- Food allergy in children
- Alcohol dependency
- Update to patient information on diarrhoea and vomiting in children - February 2011 summary for general practice
- Food allergy in children
- Alcohol dependency
- Amendment to patient information on diarrhoea and vomiting in children - January 2011 summary for general practice
- Anxiety - partial update
- Skin cancer prevention: information,resources and environmental changes
- Osteoporotic fractures - primary and secondary prevention - December 2010 summary for general practice
- Vascular disease - clopidogrel and dipyridamole
- Chronic constipation - prucalopride - November 2010 summary for general practice
- Preventing unintentional injuries in the home in children and young people - October 2010 summary for general practice
- Nocturnal enuresis
- Liraglutide for type 2 diabetes
- Denosumab for osteoporotic fractures
- Omalizumab for asthma
- Case history to support the implementation of guidance on lower urinary tract symptoms in men
Previous guidance of importance to general practice from the past 12 months
- Weight management before, during and after pregnancy
Public health guidance
July 2010 - Alcohol-use disorders - preventing harmful drinking
Public health guidance
June 2010 - Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia
Clinical guidelines
June 2010 - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (update)
Clinical guidelines
June 2010 - Prevention of cardiovascular disease
Public health guidance
June 2010 - Quitting smoking in pregnancy and following childbirth
Public health guidance
June 2010

