What's new in the 10th Ed Red Book

Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice

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What’s new in the 10th edition of the Red book

Modified GRADE approach

The development of the Red book 10th edition involves a transition from using the National Health and Medical Research Council FORM approach for guideline development to using the principles of the GRADE approach (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation). Further information and details can be found in the ‘Development and methodology’ section.

Topic format

The format for the topics has been revised and standardised using a prescribed template with word limits to ensure chapters are concise and uniform. Each topic now includes standardised subheadings to ensure GPs and other health professionals can quickly find the information they need.

Topic changes

New topics included for the first time in this 10th edition of the Red book are highlighted in red:

10th edition chapter	9th edition chapter
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Cancer
Breast	Early detection of cancers
Cervical	Early detection of cancers
Colorectal	Early detection of cancers
Prostate	Early detection of cancers
Skin	Early detection of cancers
Bladder (new topic)
Lung (new topic)
Ovarian	Early detection of cancers
Oral	Early detection of cancers
Pancreatic
Testicular	Early detection of cancers
Thyroid (new topic)
Cardiovascular
Atrial fibrillation	Prevention of vascular and metabolic disease
Cardiovascular disease risk	Peripheral vascular disease^A
	Blood pressure, kidney, stroke and cholesterol^A
	Prevention of vascular and metabolic disease (assessment of absolute cardiovascular risk)
Development and behaviour
Developmental delay and autism (new topic)
Preventive activities in childhood	Preventive activities in children and young people
Genetics
Genetics	Genetic counselling and testing
Infectious diseases
Hepatitis B and C (new topic)
Immunisation	Preventive activities in older age; Communicable diseases
Sexually transmitted disease	Communicable diseases
Injury prevention
Bullying and child abuse (new topic)
Elder abuse (new topic)
Falls	Preventive activities in older age
Intimate partner violence	Psychosocial
Mental health
Alcohol	Prevention of chronic disease (section titled ‘Early detection of at-risk drinking’)
Anxiety (new topic)
Dementia	Preventive activities in older age
Depression	Psychosocial
Eating disorders (new topic)
Gambling (new topic)
Smoking and nicotine vaping	Prevention of chronic disease
Suicide	Psychosocial
Perinatal mental health (new topic)
Metabolic
Coeliac (new topic)
Diabetes	Prevention of vascular and metabolic disease
Nutrition	Prevention of chronic disease
Overweight and obesity	Prevention of chronic disease (section titled ‘Overweight’)
Physical activity	Preventive activities in older age; Prevention of chronic disease
Thyroid (new topic)
Musculoskeletal disorders
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (new topic)
Osteoporosis	Osteoporosis
Scoliosis (new topic)
Falls	Preventive activities in older age
Women’s health
Preconception	Preventive activities prior to pregnancy
Pregnancy – first antenatal visit (new topic)
Pregnancy – during pregnancy (new topic)
Interconception (new topic)
Perinatal mental health (new topic)
Post menopause (new topic)
Miscellaneous
Frailty (new topic)
Hearing	Preventive activities in older age
Sleep and sleep-related disorders (new topic)
Oral health	Oral health
Urinary incontinence	Urinary incontinence
Vision	Preventive activities in older age Glaucoma^B
Screening and preventive activities of no proven benefit
Screening and preventive activities of no proven benefit	Screening tests of unproven benefit
^AThese topics in the 9th edition were combined into an overarching cardiovascular disease risk chapter. ^BIncorporated from the 9th edition.

Not included in the 10th edition:

Preventive activities in middle age ( advice now incorporated within the relevant disease-specific topics)
Preventive activities in older age (advice now incorporated within the relevant disease-specific topics, including infectious diseases, metabolic, musculoskeletal and miscellaneous).

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