THE NAPC REVIEW SPRING 2002 An Official Publication of the National Association of Primary Care Edited by Leslie Paine OBE

Foreword
Eric McCullough, Chief Executive, NAPC

Primary Care Trusts and the Frontline 2002
Dr Peter Smith, Chair, NAPC

Primary Care Groups & Trusts

• Improving health: the role of Primary Care Groups and Trusts
  Stephen Abbott, Dominique Florin, Naomi Fulop, Steve Gillam, King's Fund, London
• Primary Care Organisations and older people - the pace of change
  Margaret Edwards, Fellow in Organisational Development, Office for Public Management, London

Practice Management, Finance & Quality Improvement

• PMS and the modernisation of primary care
  Richard Lewis, Visiting Fellow and Stephen Gillam, Director, Primary Care Programme, King's Fund
• Communications and data management - this year's big challenge
  P Jackson, Consultant, Fizz
• Electronic health records and their use in disease surveillance
  Gilbert Pant, Instem Limited and Template Health Systems Inc. London, and Kenneth Hoffman, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Military and Veterans Health Coordinating Board, USA
• Make the most of the low interest rates currently available from lenders
  Mrs Deborah Wood, F.C.A, Specialist Medical Partner, Moore and Smalley, Blackpool, and an Executive Member of A.I.S.M.A
• Winners and losers
  John Lewis, Director General, British Vehicle Renting & Leasing Association (BVRLA), Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Nursing & Midwifery

• Primary care: the nursing contribution
  Roswyn Hakesley-Brown, President, Royal College of Nursing
• Best practice in vaccine administration
  Jane Chiodini, MSc, RGN, RM, Travel Health and Immunisation Specialist Nurse, The Cater Street Surgery, Kempston, Bedfordshire
  § Professional Development
• How healthcare professionals will keep up-to-date in the future
  Greg Finn, BDSc MSc, Clinical Lecturer, Eastman Dental Institute, University College, London, and Tracey Posner, Redbus CPD Ltd, London

Allergy & Immunology

• Diagnosis and treatment of allergic disease
  Professor A.B. Kay, Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, National Heart & Lung Institute, London

Psychology

• What is CBT?
  Dr Peter Hayward, Consultant Child Psychologist, South London and Maudsley Hospital Trust, Honorary Lecturer in Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London

Clinical Pathology

• Point-of-care testing
  Diane R Krienitz, Manager, Clinical Pathology, Lovelace Health System, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Dermatology

• Treatment of actinic keratoses
  New Zealand Dermatological Society

Diagnostic Imaging

• Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  Dr J R Harding, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Gwent Hospital, Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, Newport, Wales

Endocrinology

• The key to Type 2 diabetes - insulin resistance
  Gwen Hall, Senior Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Haslemere Health Centre, Surrey
• HRT and breast cancer recurrence
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
• Improving outcome in Type-2 Diabetes
  Sue Lyon, Freelance Medical Writer and Editor, London

Respiratory Care

• The use of antibiotics to treat acute respiratory infections
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Neurology

• The diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis
  Ian Hart PhD FRCP(G), Senior Lecturer in Neurology, Neuroimmunology Group, University Department of Neurological Science; Honorary Consultant in Neurology and Neuroimmunology, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool; Director of the Myasthenia Gravis Association

Oncology

• Aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of breast cancers
  Dr Caroline D Archer BSc MRCP and Dr Stephen RD Johnston PhD FRCP, The Breast Unit, Dept of Medicine, Royal Marsden NHS Trust
• The role of multidisciplinary teams in breast cancer
  Tim Davidson, CHM, MRCP, FRCS, Consultant General and Breast Surgeon, Royal Free Hospital, London

Cardiology

• Treating to target in hypertension: achieving smooth and sustained blood pressure control with Carduraä XL (doxazosin GITS)
  Pfizer Ltd
• Hypertension: cardiovascular consequences and clinical challenges
  Professor Murray Epstein, University of Miami School of Medicine, USA

Orthopaedics and Defects of Bone Mineral Metabolism

• Osteoporosis and the post-menopausal woman
  Glenis Edwards, Osteoporosis Nurse, The National Osteoporosis Society, Camerton, Bath

Psychiatry

• An international virtual group to help primary care staff learn mental health treatment skills
  Sir David Goldberg, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London
• Alcohol: blessing or curse?
  The Psychiatry Research Trust, Institute of Psychiatry, London
• SSRI antidepressants in the management of anxiety disorders
  David J Nutt MRCP, FRCPsych, Professor of Psychopharmacology, University of Bristol
• Drug Abuse: NTORS after 5 years
  Michael Gossop, John Marsden, Duncan Stewart, National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital, London
• Implementing standard two of the NSF for mental health
  Aislinn Enright, Andre Tylee, Deborah Watkins, Tamsin Hooton and Richard Williams

Sports Medicine

• Sports injuries - are you still interested?
  Dr Stephen Motto, London Bridge Hospital, London

Urology

• Attitudes to urinary incontinence
  Leslie Paine, Editor

Medical & Pharmaceutical Services

• The placebo in the development and management of medicines
  Dr Nigel Baber, Manager, Post licensing Division, Medicines Control Agency, Visiting Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London

Nutrition

• Gluten free diet for all?
  Richard C. Wilson BSc SRD, Director of Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College Hospital, London
• Body weight - a simple indicator of complicated problems
  Kate Trotter BSc MA, State Registered Dietician, Chief Dietician, South London and Maudsley Hospital Trust

Lifestyle

• Golf by the book
  Leslie Paine, Editor

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