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

Foreword

• Foreword
  Mike Ramsden, Chief Executive, NAPC

Practice, Management, Finance and Quality

Improvement

• Innovation in general practice
  Dr Steve Cox, Medical Director and Chair of the Clinical Executive Committee, Halton & St Helens PCT

Primary Care Organisation

• Intensive primary care providing appropriate services and improving access to care for the socially excluded in order to reduce health inequalities
  Dr. Mark Williamson, Associate Director of Primary Care and Senior Medical Adviser - Offender Health, Department of Health
• Tackling inequalities through Primary Care
  Dr Paul Walker, Independent Public Health Consultant,
• Corporate social responsibility – a management imperative.
  Sue Hodgetts, CEO, Institute of Health Care Management,
• Primary Care reports from USA
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Service Improvement and Consultancy

• Improving service delivery and encouraging innovation
  Interview by Chris Lo, Commissioning Editor with Caroline Dove

Diagnostics

• Getting the most from your pathology laboratory
  David Housley BSc (Hons), MSc , PhD, Dip. RCPath, Principal Clinical Biochemist, Dept Clinical Biochemistry,
  Danielle Freedman MB BS, FRCPath, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Dept Clinical Biochemistry

Teleradiology

• Teleradiology update: meeting the patient’s expectations in the NHS
  Dr. Neelam Dugar, Consultant Radiologist, Chair of The UK PACS and Teleradiology Group

Point of Care Testing

Allergy Testing

Cord Blood Transplantation

• The other banking controversy – should parents-to-be arrange to store cord blood?
  Ken Campbell MSc (Clin Onc), Clinical Information Officer, Leukaemia Research Fund

Cardiovascular Disease

• Hypertension and prevention
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Specialist palliative care & heart failure - developing a systematic approach
  Dr Clare Littlewood, Macmillan Consultant Palliative Medicine, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals

Dermatology

Neurosurgery

Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Migraine

• Migraine with aura, stroke and heart attacks
  The Migraine Trust
• Improving treatment of migraine
  Leslie Paine, Editor

Oncology

• Breast cancer: key role in awareness and early detection
  Jeremy Hughes MA (Oxon), Chief Executive, Breakthrough Breast Cancer & Chair of the Department of Health Cancer Reform Strategy Breast Cancer Working Group Breakthrough Breast Cancer
• 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
• Complementary cancer care
  Interview by Chris Lo, Commissioning Editor with Dr Sosie Kassab, Director of Complementary Cancer Services, Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital
• Ovarian cancer in the USA: some recent research
  US Department of Health and Human Services; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• The role of Primary Care in the early detection and follow up of prostate cancer
  Professor David Weller & Dr Christine Campbell, General Practice Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh
• Treating prostate cancer
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Diabetes

• Diabetes and cardiovascular disease – an update
  Dr Soon H Song MD FRCP, Consultant Physician, Diabetes Centre
• The diabetic foot and its management
  Alison Williams, Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist, Calderale Royal Hosital

Wound Management

• The use of topical antimicrobials in leg ulcer management
  Brenda King, CNS Tissue Viability, Sheffield PCT

Weight Management

Nutrition

• Nutrition and bone health
  Dr Rachel Thompson, Senior Nutrition Scientist, British Nutrition Foundation

Respiratory Medicine

• Strategies for community pulmonary rehabilitation
  Amy Grant, Specialist Pulmonary Rehabilitation Physiotherapist, Lambeth and Southwark Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team
• Potential new anti-asthma drug
  Leslie Paine, Editor
• Environmentally friendly, sustainable legionella control in showers
  SHOWER-SAFE

Smoking Cessation

Infection Control

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

Sport and Excercise Medicine

• Sport and exercise medicine in primary care
  Dr Pippa Bennett, Chief Medical Officer, England Women’s Football, The Football Association
• Exercise for health practitioners’ certification. An introduction to new standards
  Kirsteen Torrance, BSc(Hons), MSc, Secretary, BASES Exercise for Health Practitioners’ Interest Group

Musculo-Skeletal Medicine

• Assessing and managing people with osteoarthritis – a patient centred approach
  Dr Michael Burke, Eastham Group Practice

Orthopaedics

Falls Prevention Service

• Effective inter agency exercise interventions as part of a falls prevention service
  Jackie Riglin, Falls Prevention Co-ordinator and Simon Hanna, Clinical Exercise Specialist, Cambridgeshire Community Services

Gastro-Enterology

• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
  Dr John O’Malley, Clinical Director, Wirral Primary Care Access Centre

Urology

• Home dialysis
  Timothy F Statham OBE, Chief Executive, National Kidney Federation
• Overactive bladder syndrome: an update on diagnosis and management
  Natalia Price and Simon R Jackson, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital
• An effective urology service within a primary care setting
  Judy Cecil MA, RN, Manager for Continence and Urology and Valerie Palmer, RN, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Urology

Mental Health

• Crisis - what crisis?
  Dr Raj Persaud, Consultant Psychiatrist and Emeritus Gresham, Professor for Public Understanding of Psychiatry, London

Sexual Dysfunction

• Sexual dysfunction
  Professor Dinesh Bhugra MA MSc MBBS FRCPsych MPhilk PhD, Head of Section of Cultural Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College
• Psychological treatment of sexual dysfunction
  Dr Isabel McMullen MB ChB MRCPsych, Specialty Registrar in Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Learning Disabilities

Alcohol and Drug Addiction

• Recent developments in the identification and management of hazardous drinkers in the primary care environment
  Robert Patton, Health Services Research Co-ordinator, Addictions Research Unit
• Women and alcohol services
  Jeff Fernandez, Alcohol and Nursing Research Co-ordinator, Islington PCT
• Lothians & Edinburgh abstinence programme introduction to leap and background to addiction in Scotland
  Dr David McCartney, Clinical Lead, Lothians & Edinburgh Abstinence Programme (LEAP)
• Treatment of drug users: the role of Primary Care
  Daren Garratt, Executive Director, The Alliance

Sleep Medicine

• Recognising sleep disorders in GP practice
  Mrs Marianne J Davey MSc., British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association (BSSAA)
• Obstructive sleep apnoea, challenges and solutions
  Jill Nelson, General Manager, Fisher & Paykel United Kingdom

Contraception

• Comparative study of female surgery contraception access: microlaparoscopy versus minilaparotomy
  Waldir Pereira Modotti, Daniel Spadoto Dias, Caue Carvalho Modott,
  Ricardo Lasmar, Rogério Dias

Womens Health

• The menopause
  Dr Heather Currie,MBBS, FRCOG, MRCGP, MFFP, Associate Specialist Gynaecologist and Obstetrician (and managing Director, Menopause Matters Ltd) and Dr Lynsey Stark, Speciality Trainee (yr2) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
• Alternative treatments to HRT - what is the evidence?
  Nigel Denby, Dietitian and Nutrition Consultant, Menopause Clinic Hammersmith and Chelsea Hospitals
• Aspects of women’s health – research reports from USA
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Fertility

Childrens Health

• Working towards turning the rising tide of obesity in children and young people
  Jessica Williams, Principal Paediatric Dietitian, North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Three separate vaccinations
  Children’s Immunisation Centre
• Supporting the speech, language and communication skills of children with Down's Syndrome
  Tessa Duffy, Speech and Language Therapy Advisor to The Down’s Syndrome Association, & Director, Symbol Family Support Services Ltd
• Some recent research reports from USA
  Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality

 

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