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

Foreword

• Practice based commissioning what we really need
  Dr Charles Alessi, Churchill Medical Centre

Patient Choice

• Patient choice and health inequalities
  Jenny Knowles, Health Inequalities Programme Lead, Improvement Foundation
• Choosing voice
  Graham Box, Chief Executive, National Association for Patient Participation
• Tackling inequalities through Primary Care
  Dr Paul Walker, Independent Public Health Consultant
• Patient-centred leadership in practice
  Dr Liz Campbell, Practice Director

Health Management, Leadership and Quality Improvement

• Improving standards and delivering better care
  Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, The King’s Fund
• Can Primary Care be all things to all people?
  Roy Lilley, independent NHS Commentator, Writer and Broadcaster
• Leadership in the NHS - the myths and realities
  Sue Hodgetts, CEO, Institute of Healthcare Management
• What makes integrated care integrated?
  Georgina Craig, Independent Health Care Consultant Georgina Craig Associates

Oncology - Prostate Cancer

• High intensity focused ultrasound in prostate cancer – a potential third way?
  John Neate, Chief Executive, The Prostate Cancer Charity

Oncology - Photodynamic Therapy

• Photodynamic therapy and oncology
  Professor Stanley B Brown, Professor of Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology
  Dr Adrian C Brown, Consultant in Public Health Medicine and Honorary, Senior Lecturer, Imperial College

Oncology - HPV Vaccination

• Update on prophylactic hpv vaccines: where do we go from here?
  Dr Anne Szarewski MBBS DRCOG PhD FFSRH, Clinical Consultant, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Cancer Research UK

Oncology - Proton Therapy

• Proton beam therapy: the future of radiation cancer treatment
  Leonard Arzt, Executive Director, National Association for Proton Therapy

Oncology - Myeloma

• Myeloma: never mind the battle, are we winning the war?
  Dr Steve Schey, Consultant Haematologist & Chairman UK Myeloma Forum, King’s College Hospital
• Haematological malignancies: a Primary Care perspective
  Kenneth Campbell MSc, Clinical Information Officer, Leukaemia Research Fund

Oncology - Pancreatic Cancer

• Update on pancreatic cancer
  Robert Sutcliffe, Naomi Sheeter, Mohamed Rela, Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital
• Improving care pathways – the role of the pancreatic cancer clinical nurse specialist
  Karen Mitchell, Lead Cancer Nurse Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Management Offices

Oncology - Ovarian Cancer

• Current management of ovarian cancer
  Professor John H Shepherd, Royal Marsden Hospital, London
• Gynaecological health and ovarian cancer
  Mr Mahmood I Shafi, MB BCh, MD, DA, FRCOG, Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon & Oncologist, Lead Consultant for Gynaecological Oncology/SDU director for Gynaecology

Audiology

• Improving audiology services through greater public/private co-operation
  Alan Torbet, Chief Executive Officer of the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists

Ophthalmology

• Three little things
  David Wright, Chief Executive, International Glaucoma Association

Cardiology

• Cardiovascular disease – where next?
  Professor Roger Boyle CBE, National Director for Heart Disease and Stroke, Department of Health, London
• Empowering the patient in hypertension
  Dr Mike Mead, GP, Leicester, and Chair of The Blood Pressure Association's Healthcare Advisory Panel
• Arterial stiffness: a practical biomarker for improved assessment of cardiovascular risk in the clinic?
  Donald RJ Singer BMedBiol, MD, FRCP, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  Ashan Gunarathne MBBS, MRCP, Specialist Registrar in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Honorary Lecturer
  David Dutton BSc, MBChB, Academic FY2 Senior House Officer
• Acupuncture in cardiology
  Dr Val Hopwood FCSP, Course Director, MSc Accupuncture, Coventry UniversityCardiology – Hypercholesterolaemia
• A simple approach to improve coronary heart disease survival: identifying familial hypercholesterolaemia
  Nadeem Qureshi, Clinical Associate Professor in Primary Care, Honorary Consultant in Primary Care Development, Division of Primary Care
• Hypercholesterolaemia
  Dr. Jo Wood, Chelsfield, Kent

Cardiology - Vascular Health

• Reports of recent research from USA
  Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Office of Communication and Knowledge Transfer

Diabetes

• Poor glycaemic control among individuals with type 1 diabetes in the uk can the provision of structured education encourage more effective self management and improve biomedical and psychosocial outcomes?
  Professor Simon Heller and Professor Stephanie Amiel, Central DAFNE Collaborative

Respiratory Medicine and Allergy

• Vaccination: research reports from the USA
  Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
• Swine flu - what can we do? A nutritional approach
  Dr Julian Kenyon, President, British Society of Integrated Medicine, Director
• Best practice in the management of asthma
  Doreen Cochrane, Consultant Clinical Pharmacist

Autoimmune Disorders

• Report on first IDN Conference in Europe
  The Essential Health Clinic

Musculoskeletal Medicine and Pain Management

• The cognitive approach to pain management
  Chris Lo, commissioning editor, NAPC Review
  Interview with Dr Adrian Dunbar, GP with a special interest in pain management, and Associate Dean in General Practice, University of Leeds
• Arthritis research in the USA
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Pathology Modernisation

Neurology and Specialist Care

• Improving balance and control in neurological conditions
  Anne Rodger MSc, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
• A practical approach to managing fatigue for people with multiple sclerosis
  Pip Wilford Clinical specialist Occupational Therapist

Support and Housing Services

Care of the Elderly

• Medicines adherence in the elderly
  Dr Jonathan Steel, GP, and Chairman, GP Committee

Cord Blood Banking

• Award for pioneering stem cell research to mend broken bones
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Fertility

• Fairer infertility services
  Clare Lewis-Jones MBE, Chief Executive, Infertility Network UK

Sexual Health and HIV

Substance Misuse

• Training of Primary Care professionals in the field of substance misuse and addiction
  Dr Rod Fleming, GPwSI drug misuse, Erskine Practice Dundee & Dr Brian Kidd, Clinical Senior lecturer in Addiction Psychiatry, University of Dundee

Stoma and Wound Care

• The management of malignant wounds in palliative care
  Jane McManus, Ward Manager & Clinical Lead for Skin & Wound Care
• A “rough guide to stoma care nursing for student nurses during Primary Care placement”
  Janice Lee MSc., RGN, DNcert., ENB 216, Queen's Nurse and Hazel Moore BSc (hons), RGN, Specialist Nurses for Stoma Care

Dermatology

Children’s Health

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: the need for speed
  Dr Mike Akroyd, MBChB

Mental Health

• Social phobia
  Institute of Psychiatry
• Health anxiety “hypochondriasis”
  Institute of Psychiatry
• Just how common is OCD?
  Raj Persaud, Consultant Psychiatrist

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

• Complementary medicine in action in the NHS
  Boo Armstrong, Managing Director, Get Well UK

Palliative Care

• Nutrition in palliative care – more than just ‘tea and sympathy’
  Dr Eleni Tsiompanou, Associate Specialist in Palliative Medicine at Kingston Hospital and Princess Alice Hospice, Chair of the Food and Nutrition Group at Help the Hospices

Gastroenterology

• Extra-oesophageal reflux: a condition beyond heartburn
  Professor Peter W. Dettmar and Dr Vicki Strugala, Reflux Disease Consultants

Weight Management

• Obesity surgery
  Mr B Decadt, Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon
• Child and adolenscent obesity – three research reports
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• US studies on improving the quality of medical care
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Healthcare Simulation

• Using health care simulation to develop clinical expertise report from an emergency medicine consensus
  Conference Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Lifestyles

• Is the NHS going to bankrupt us? Or is it going to save us from bankruptcy?
  Raj Persaud, Consultant Psychiatrist, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals and Emeritus Visiting Gresham Professor for Public Understanding of Psychiatry

 

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