THE NAPC REVIEW SPRING 2004 An Official Publication of the National Association of Primary Care Edited by Leslie Paine OBE

Foreword

• CONFUSION OR REVOLUTION?
  Dr Rhidian Morris, President, NAPC

Primary Care Trusts

• PCTS AND HEALTH IMPROVEMENT: A STORY FROM NORWICH
  Dr Peter Brambleby DCH, FRCP(Edin), FFPH

Practice Management, Finance and Quality Improvement

• PERSONAL MEDICAL SERVICES REVIEWED
  James Kingsland
• CHOICE - THE WAY FORWARD?
  Dr John Bibby, BSc PGCE (Primary Care) FRCGP
• PATIENT POWER? MEDICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PATIENT USE OF THE INTERNET
  Jennifer Tann, Adrian Platts, Sarah Welch and Judy Allen
• “IQ PRACTICE MANAGER”
  Ally Light
• GENERAL PRACTICE & HUMAN RESOURCES...
  ...A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN?
  Dr Tina Kenny and Raffelina Huber

Bleeding Disorders

• VON WILLEBRAND’S DISEASE IN WOMEN
  Aalia Khan, Rezan A Kadir and Christine A Lee

Cardiology

• AN UPDATE ON HEART FAILURE
  Dr Mark Scoote, BSc MBBS MRCP, Professor Philip A Poole-Wilson, MD FRCP FACC FESC
• RESEARCH REPORTS FROM USA
  Leslie Paine, Editor
• RECENT ADVANCES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY
  Dr. Rachael Simcox and Prof. Andrew Shennan
• THE GMS CONTRACT AND KIDS; A RE-WRITE IS NEEDED
  Tam Fry

Complementary Medicine

• THE ROLE OF AROMATHERAPY IN PAIN MANAGEMENT
  Rhiannon Harris

Dermatology

• SKIN CANCER SCREENING AND COMPUTER ASSISTED DERMOSCOPY
  Iain Douglas Mack
• ONYCHOMYCOSIS
  Dr. Johanna Wood MBChB

Endocrinology

• RECENT DIABETES RESEARCH FROM THE USA
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy, (AHRQ)

Education

• DEVELOPING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS’ SKILLS
  Leeds Metropolitan University and The Scheidegger Institute

Fertility

• INNOVATION IN INFERTILITY
  Dr Gillian Lockwood

Minor Surgery in Primary Care

• THE AVOIDANCE OF “NEEDLESTICK” AND SIMILAR SHARP INDUCED INJURIES
  Robert Osborne
• DOUBLE GLOVING AND SURGICAL INFECTION
  Leslie Paine, Editor

Gastroenterology

• CONSTIPATION - CAUSES, EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS
  Dr Kieran Moriarty CBE, MA, MD, FRCP
• CONSTIPATION IN THE ELDERLY
  Dr. Jo Wood

Neurology

• THE NICE MS CLINICAL GUIDELINE: FROM PAPER TO PRACTICE
  Christine Jones
• RECENT INNOVATIONS IN DRUG THERAPY FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE
  Katherine A Grosset and Donald G Grosset
• PARKINSONISM: WHAT’S DRIVING IT?
  Doctors R John and Sylvia M Dobbs and Dr Clive Weller

Oncology

• NOVEL CANCER THERAPEUTICS: RECENT ADVANCES AND FUTURE STRATEGIES
  L C Scott and T R J Evans

Nutrition

• FAILURE TO THRIVE
  Hayley Kuter

Ophthalmology

• GENETIC BASIS FOR PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA
  Dr Anne Child MD MRCP
• BLINDNESS AND VISUAL FIELD PROGRESSION FROM GLAUCOMA
  Rod McNeil

Pain Management

• PAIN MANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE
  Dr Beverly J Collett
• CANCER PAIN: IT’S TIME WE GOT IT RIGHT
  Richard Gamlin

Pharmaceutical Services

• INNOVATION IN COMMUNITY PHARMACY
  Jennifer Tann and Alison Blenkinsopp
• THE ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
  Leslie Paine, Editor

Orthopaedics

• OUTCOMES AND EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH IN HIP FRACTURE REPAIR SURGERY
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). USA
• INFECTION PROPHYLAXIS IN ORTHOPAEDICS
  W J Ribbans PhD FRCS Orth

Point of Care Testing

• POCT: OFFICIAL GUIDELINES
  Leslie Paine, Editor
• POINT-OF-CARE TESTING IN SWEDEN
  Lasse Larsson MD PhD
• ORAL ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY
  Eve Knight

Psychiatry

• COPING SKILLS
  Dr Raj Persaud
• CAN ONE IDENTIFY PRE-SCHIZOPHRENIC CHILDREN?
  Eugenia Kravariti
• MEASURING STRESS AND MIGRAINE
  Dr Shaun Kilminster MSc (Psych), PhD, FSS, FFPM (RCPEng.)

Rehabilitation

• GPs GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS
  Rebecca Auterson

Respiratory Care

• RESEARCHERS EXAMINE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ASTHMA OUTCOMES
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), USA
• PRESCRIBING OXYGEN THERAPY IN RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS
  AH Kendrick BA, PhD. and JA Wedzicha MA, MD, FRCP

Sleep Medicine

• IS LONG TERM USE OF SLEEPING TABLETS JUSTIFIED?
  Malcolm Lader, O.B.E., D.Sc., Ph.D., M.D., F.R.C. Psych., F. Med. Sci.
• INSOMNIA
  George Koulieris
• SLEEP MEDICINE IN PRIMARY CARE
  Dr CD Hanning, MD, FRCA
• COMMON CHILDHOOD SLEEP PROBLEMS
  Alice M. Gregory

Smoking Cessation in Primary Care

• MAKING THE WORKPLACE SMOKE-FREE
  Ian Willmore, Action on Smoking and Health

Travel Medicine

• TRAVEL MEDICINE IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING
  Jane Chiodini MSc RGN RM

Lifestyle

• THE FACTS OF WINE
  F A Lernian

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