Implementing Clinical Guidelines

Where guidelines come from and why they are so important; how effective are clinical guidelines?; the Assisting Clinical Effectiveness (ACE) programme; the management of women with menorrhagia; care of people with schizophrenia; referring people with breast problems; the management of leg ulcers in the community - a multidisciplinary experience in primary care; the management of leg ulcers in the Merton and Sutton Community NHS Trust; managing acute, severe asthma; reaching general conclusions from specific projects; the second and third years of ACE; the ACE start-up framework; external evaluation of the ACE initiative.