Online Publications

We aim to make the summary and recommendations of all our publications available online upon publication, and the full text of those publications (indicated by bold titles) at some point after that.

National Clinical Guidelines

Title online
Atrial Fibrillation Jun 06
Chronic Heart Failure Feb 04
Chronic kidney disease in adults UK guidelines for identification, management and referral Jun 06
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Feb 04
Hypertension - update Jun 06
Multiple Sclerosis (diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care) Feb 04
Parkinson's Disease Jun 06
Rehabilitation following acquired brain injury Mar 06
Stroke Jul 04
Stroke in Childhood Nov 04
Type 1 Diabetes in Adults Jul 04
Tuberculosis Mar 06

Concise Guidelines

Title online
Guidelines for the use of botulinum toxin (BTX) in the management of spasticity in adults Jul 02
HIV testing for patients attending general medical services Feb 06
Identification, management and referral of adults with chronic kidney disease Jun 05
Prophylaxis and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis in Adults Dec 04
Use of antidepressant medication in adults undergoing recovery and rehabilitation following acquired brain injury Feb 05

Medical Publications

Title online
Acute medicine: making it work for patients May 04
Acute myocardial infarction core data set Dec 99
ALCOHOL - can the NHS afford it? Feb 01
Allergy: the unmet need Aug 04
Anti-obesity drugs - summary and recommendations Jul 03
Cancer patient's physician Nov 00
Cancer Units - improving quality in cancer care Dec 00
Cannabis and Cannabis Based Medicines Dec 05
Clinical Academic Medicine A report from the Forum on Academic Medicine Dec 04
Clinical Genetics Serivices: activity, outcome, effectiveness and quality May 05
Clinicians, Services and Commissioning in Chronic Disease Managment in the NHS Aug 05
Commissioning clinical genetics services May 05
Consent and confidentiality in genetic practice Guidance on genetic testing and sharing genetic information Jul 06
Consultant physicians working with patients (3rd edition) Aug 05
following link to a PDF DocumentColorectal cancer screening in the UK: joint position statement (PDF, 120k) Dec 02
Continuity of care for medical inpatients: standards of good practice summary Aug 04
Doctors in society - Medical professionalism in a changing world Dec 05

Ethics in practice - Background and recommendations for enhanced support summary

Jun 05

The Emergency Department Medicine and Surgery Interface Problems and Solutions summary

May 05
Forty Fatal Years - a review of the 40 years since the publication of the 1962 report of the RCP on Smoking and Health Mar 02
Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis Apr 03
Going Smoke-free: The medical case for clean air in the home, at work and in public places summary Jul 05
GPT handbook Mar 00
Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer in adults Aug 05
Health and care of older people in care homes Jul 00
How user friendly is your outpatient department? Mar 04
How Hospitals Manage Heart Attacks (minap public report 2003) Jun 03
How the NHS Manages Heart Attacks (minap public report 2004) Jun 04
How the NHS Manages Heart Attacks (minap public report 2005) Jun 05
How the NHS Manages Heart Attacks (minap public report 2006) Jun 06
Implementation of the European Working Time Directive - findings of two surveys in October 2002 by the Royal College of Physicians Feb 03
Interface between Acute General Medicine and Critical Care Jul 02
Interface of Accident and Emergency and Acute Medicine Jul 02
Isolated acute medical services: Current organisation and proposals for the future Jul 02
Management of the older medical patient Jun 00
Medical Aspects of Intermediate Care Dec 02
Medical rehabilitation May 00
National Sentinel Stroke Audit Phase 1 Organisational Audit 2006 Aug 06
National Sentinel Stroke Audit 2004 Aug 04
Nicotine addiction in britain Feb 00
following link to a PDF DocumentNuclear medicine & radionuclide imaging - A strategy for provision in the UK (PDF, 210k) Dec 03
Nutrition and Patients - A doctor's responsibility Jul 00
following link to a PDF DocumentOsteoporosis - clinical guidelines: summary & recommendations (PDF, 81k) Mar 99
Physiotherapy Concise Guide for Stroke Feb 06

following link to a PDF DocumentPositron emission tomography - A strategy for provision in the UK (PDF, 396k)

Dec 03

Prescribing costly medicines Apr 00
Principles of pain control in palliative care for adults Aug 00
Protecting smokers, saving lives. - The case for a tobacco and nicotine regulatory authority Dec 02
Psychological care of medical patients - a practical guide 2nd edition Jan 03
Psychological support for people in hospital Information for patients, relatives and carers Aug 03
Retention of medical records - with particular reference to genetics May 05
Skillmix and the hospital doctor Sep 01
Specialist Equipment Services for Disabled People Sep 04
Stroke Transfer of Care forms for download Aug 05
Tobacco Advisory Group powerpoint files Feb 04
Tobacco Smoke Pollution: the hard facts 10 reasons to make public places smokefree. Nov 03
Training in academic medicine Mar 00
following link to a PDF Document Vegetative State (PDF, 257k) Jul 04
Vocational assessment and rehabilitation after acquired brain injury Feb 06
Women in medicine Aug 04
Working the night shift: preparation, survival and recovery Jan 06

 

Selected Articles

Title online
Teaching in Outpatients (Jan/Feb 2004)