THE NAPC REVIEW Issue 2 - 2005 An Official Publication of the National Association of Primary Care Edited by Leslie Paine OBE

Foreword

• A NEW PRIMARY CARE?
  Rhidian Morris, President, NAPC
• NAPC Executive Committee

Primary Care Trusts

• INTEGRATED OUT-OF-HOURS / UNSCHEDULED CARE SERVICE - A BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE
  Laura Parker Head of Community Services Tendering PCT

Practice Management, Finance & Quality Improvement

• IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY IN PRIMARY CARE
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Weight Management

• A SPECIALIST WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SERVICE - PART 1
  Wendy Hicks, Programme Manager. SWIMS, Newcastle PCT

Cardiology

• CORONARY HEART DISEASE - SUCCESSFULLY MEETING THE TARGETS
  Caroline Levie -Team Leader CHD Nurses, Durham Dales Primary Care Trust

Care of the Elderly

• AVOIDING HOSPITAL ADMISSION USING INTERMEDIATE CARE
  Dr Pip Logan, Department of Health Research Fellow, Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, Helen McCloughry, Head of Rehabilitation and Intermediate Care, Nottingham City PCT, Shirley Smith, Commissioning Lead, Nottingham City PCT

Long Term Care

• MANAGING LONG TERM CONDITIONS
  David J. Wright FIAM, Chief Executive, International Glaucoma Association

Children’s Health

• IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH INTEGRATION OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
  Simon Kenton, Director of Partnership and Public Participation, West Lancashire PCT, Ormskirk and District General Hospital

Complementary Medicine

• CONVENTIONAL AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
  Leslie Paine, Editor

Dermatology

• SKIN ALLERGIES / DISORDERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
  Dr Martin Schiele, Bio-Medical Research Scientist
• SCAR MANAGEMENT
  Lamide Akinsanya

Alcohol and Drug Misuse

• ALCOHOLISM: RESEARCH REPORTS FROM USA
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECT ACCESS DRUG SERVICE
  Nicole Chavaudra, Patient and Public Involvement Facilitator, Bassetlaw PCT

Endocrinology

• DIABETES & NUTRITION
  Penny Hunking, Consultant Nutritionist, Energise Nutrition Ltd

ENT – Audiology

• DIGITAL HEARING AIDS
  Mary Hostler, HCD Group, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester

Mental Health

• CHAIRING A MENTAL HEALTH TRUST
  Robert J Maxwell, Chairman, Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Neurology

• DEVELOPING NURSING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
  Julie Collingbourne, RN, BA (Hons),PGCE, Lead Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse, Department of Neurology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall

Orthopaedics and Defects of Bone Mineral Metabolism

• OSTEOPOROSIS - 2*
  Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Centre
• ARE HYALURONAN INJECTIONS EFFECTIVE IN OSTEOARTHRITIC KNEES?
  Glyn Evans, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, London Knee Clinic, London Bridge Hospital
• THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH KNEE PATHOLOGY
  Carolyn Naisby, Consultant Physiotherapist, Orthopaedic Knee Service, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust

Ophthalmology

• PATHWAY TO SUCCESS
  Rod McNeil, International Glaucoma Association (IGA), London
• CONCEPTS OF SHARED CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
  Ronald Pitts Crick FRCS FRCOphth President, International Glaucoma Association (IGA)

Pain Management

• THE PRINCIPLES OF MANAGING PAIN IN OLDER ADULTS
  Emma Briggs, PhD, BSc (Hons), RN, PG Cert (Research) Lecturer, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery

Psychiatry

• PSYCHOTHERAPY
  Psychiatry Research Trust, Institute of Psychiatry, London
• EARLY INTERVENTION IN EATING DISORDER - 2*
  Professor Janet Treasure and Research Assistants Jenna Whitney and Samantha Bottrill, Institute of Psychiatry, London
• TEACHING PRIMARY CARE PROFESSIONALS MENTAL HEALTH SKILLS
  James Fisher MSc and Paul Walters MSc MRCPsych. Section of Primary Care Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, London

 

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