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

Foreword

• Practice based commissioning: a policy at a crossroad
  Charles Alessi, Churchill Medical Practice Primary Care

Primary Care Organisation

• Primary Care past and future: A commentary to mark the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the National Association of Primary Care
  Dr David Colin-Thomé, National Director for Primary Care, Commissioning & System Management Directorate,Department of Health, London
• Can Primary Care be all things to all people?
  Roy Lilley, independent NHS Commentator, Writer and Broadcaster
• Primary Care practice-based research Networks in the USA
  US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Practice Management, Finance and Quality Improvement

• Financial services for healthcare staff Including General Practitioners
  Jeremy Huband, Director Healthcare, Commercial Banking at The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)*
• Quality assurance in Primary Care
  Shabana Dehlavi, Project Co-ordinator, X-Genics Ltd
• Change management and the NHS
  Sarah Coleman, is a qualified programme manager and specialises in business strategy and change management.

Healthcare Organisation

• The NHS and the King’s Fund – the future
  Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, King’s Fund

Cosmetic Surgery

• Cosmetic surgery – managing in a minefield
  Mark Henley, Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, Cleft and Aesthetic Surgeon Chairman

Alcohol and Drug Abuse

• Treating young people with substance abuse issues
  Dr David Bee, Brimbrook Surgery, Lincolnshire

Allergy

• Food allergy and intolerance in Primary Care
  KEC Grimshaw BSc(Hons) MSc, RNutr, SRD, University Child

Aphasia

• Aphasia
  Richard Mountford

Audiology

• Fours years of newborn hearing Screening (nhsp) on the ground. Experience of a District General Hospital.
  Daniel Langer

Care for the Elderly

Dementia

• Managing dementia at home, better Support and better understanding of palliative care
  Dr A Treloar FRCP, MRCPsych, MRCGP Consultant & Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry

Children’s Health

• Successful approaches for the speech and language therapist working with children with cerebral palsy
  Sally Conner MRCSLT, Communication & Technology Manager

Community Pharmacy

• The primacy of pharmacy opportunities arising from the new contractual framework for community pharmacy
  Mike Beaman, FR Pharm.S, Postgraduate Tutor for East Sussex College for pharmacy postgraduate Education (CPPE)
• Working with pharmacy
  Mark Beckett National Pharmacy Association ltd. (NPA), Mallinson House
• Making the best use of community pharmacy
  Dipen Shah, Head of public Relations, and Alistair Buxton, Head of NHS Services
• Bring back real clinical pharmacology!
  R. John Dobbs DCH MD FRCP, Sylvia M Dobbs MSc MD FRCP,
  Clive Weller MIET PhD, André Charlett MSc.

Community Based Care

• How Primary Care can react to changes in self–harm and suicide
  Peter Christison & Associates, Workplace Mind Health Promotion
• Getting back to work
  Roger Butterworth

Continuing Professional Development

• The road is long... The leadership.
  Development programme at the King’s Fund in London
  Karen Lynas, Director

Diabetes

• Cost benefits of insulin pump therapy
  Dr. Thomas Ulahannan FRCP, Consultant Physician, Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology,
• Cardiovascular risk and diabetes. Are we eating ourselves to death?
  Dr Brian Karet, GPwSI Diabetes

Dermatology

• New successful treatments for skin disorders with class 1 medical devices
  Dr Martin Schiele, Bio Medical Research Scientist

Diagnostics

Eating Disorders

• Eating disorders
  Anna Crane BSc (Hons)
  Professor Janet Treasure PhD FRCP FRCPsych

End of Life Care

• The Art of Dying: A journey to elsewhere
  Dr Peter Fenwick, Emeritus Consultant Neuropsychiatrist

Family Planning

Gastroenterology

• New diagnostic tests in Primary Care revolutionise treatment of gastrointestinal disease
  Bill Canningham, Managing Director, CDx Limited

Heart Disease and Stroke

• 2nd UK Stroke Forum Conference
  The Stroke Association
• Cardiovascular disease: Four research reports from USA
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Infection Control

• Superbugs
  Holton, Centre for Infectious Diseases & International Health

Long Term Conditions

Learning Disabilities

• A national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties in England
  Fiona Ritchie, Lead Learning Disabilities, Healthcare Commission

Mental Health

• Mental health and the care services. Improvement partnership
  London Development Centre

Nutrition

• Are supplements necessary: a debate
  The Institute for Optimum Nutrition

Nursing

• Homeopathy for nurses: a personal view
  Andrea Rogers

Ophthalmology

• Delivering Primary Care ophthalmology
  Sarah Jeffery, The Practice plc
• Glaucoma in babies and children
  International Glaucoma Association

Oncology

• Breast cancer: the Genesis Prevention Centre
  Julaine Speight, Genesis Team

Osteoporosis

• Osteoporosis and drug treatments to reduce fracture risk - an overview
  Julia Thomson, Osteoporosis Nurse, National Osteoporosis Society

Pain Management

• Treating post-herpetic neuralgia
  Grunenthal UK Ltd

Podiatry

• Diabetic foot care - a newly agreed local delivery strategy
  Nicky Skinner, Head of Podiatry Services, Guildford and Waverley PCT

Renal Care

• Kidney patients and General Practioners
  Elizabeth Ward OBE, Founder and Director British Kidney Patient Association
• Amazing kidneys
  Timothy F Statham OBE, Chief Executive, National Kidney Federation

Respiratory Care

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Latest developments and best practice
  Anna Murphy BSc MSc MRPharmS, Consultant Respiratory Pharmacist
• Seasonal influenza: the use of vaccine and anti-viral drugs
  P. Mook and N. Phin, Respiratory Diseases Department
• Community pharmacy and influenza
  Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
• Respiratory care research in USA
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Sleep Medicine

• Medications and their effect on sleep architecture
  Marianne J Davey MSc, Director British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association

Smocking Cessation

Weight Management

• Obesity in Primary Care
  Louise Diss, TOAST, Helpline Chief Executive

Wound Care

NHS Trust - Private Patients Unit

Services to NHS Trusts and GPs

 

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