Guidelines

NICE

Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to assist GPs in evidence-based, cost-effective management of many conditions.


SIGN

Home of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network providing evidence-based guidelines, designed for NHS Scotland.


eGuidelines

Electronic version of the ‘Guidelines’ publication. Available free to GMC registered practirioners.


Clinical Evidence

Evidence-based guidance available to subscribers. Subsriptions are available in print, electronically or for PDAs.


Best Treatments

Produced in partnership with Clinical Evidence. Available to subscribers only but at a considerably lower cost than the full Clinical Evidence.


Clinical Knowledge Summaries

An excellent site providing evidence-based guidelines about conditions encountered in primary care. Also has a library of patient resources including information leaflets available to print out. Registration is free.


The Cochrane Library

This renowned organisation undertakes meta-analyses, reviews and gathers together reliable clinical trial data to support evidence-based practice.


Bandolier

Subscriptions are required for the latest articles but older articles are free. Bandolier provides sceptical and incisive reviews of diverse clinical topics.