Guidelines Update

• Corrected NHSGGC guideline on management of hypertension from the Heart Disease MCN.
• The Prescribing Management Group for Primary Care have approved a Question and Answer document and Patient Information Leaflet to support the Vitamin D insufficiency guideline.
• The updated  NHSGGC Chronic Non Malignant Pain Opioid Guideline is available. It contains information on:
  • Assessing for appropriateness of a trial of opioid treatment
  • Need for regular assessment and review
  • Choice of opioid  and maximum recommended doses
  • When to consider  referral to the  pain clinic
  • It also links to opioid treatment plan, patient information leaflets, pain assessment tool and an opioid equivalence conversion calculator

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