THE NAPC REVIEW SUMMER 2003 An Official Publication of the National Association of Primary Care Edited by Leslie Paine OBE

Foreword

• NHS COMMISSIONING AND CLINICAL ENGAGEMENT
  Rhidian Morris

NAPC Executive & Members' Forum

Primary Care Trusts

• DO BOARDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE? – A BOARD’S EYE-VIEW IN A PRIMARY CARE TRUST
  Graham Millard BA, FHSM
• THE FUTURE INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS OF PCTS
  Richard Hinchliffe
• PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE
  Dominique Florin

Practice Management, Finance & Quality Improvement

• THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON THE GP–PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
  Benita Cox PhD
• SINGLE ASSESSMENT
  Lynn Paweleck, Bernie Barber, Kevin Thorne, Jane Beenstock and Cheryl Powell
• BRADFORD SALARIED GP SCHEME: A MODEL TO RECRUIT TO INNER-CITY
  Dr Peter Dickson
• DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY CARE PREMISES'
  Dr CK Khong
• PROVIDING THE PC FACILITIES OF THE FUTURE
  Prime UK
• THE NEW GP CONTRACT
  Dr. Rhidian Morris
• RAPID EXPANSION FOR NHS DIRECT
  Dr Andrew Lee

National Programme for IT

• MODERNISING THE NHS
  Dr Glyn Hayes
• THE ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD – A CRISIS FOR CONFIDENTIALITY
  Dr Peter Smith

Cardiology

• CORONARY HEART DISEASE – SUCCESSFULLY MEETING THE TARGETS
  Caroline Levie

Respiratory Care

• THE MULTI-PROFESSIONAL APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF BREATHLESSNESS IN CANCER CARE
  Nicki Thompson
• PRESCRIBING OXYGEN THERAPY IN RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS
  AH Kendrick BA, PhD. and JA Wedzicha MA, MD, FRCP.

Allergy

• ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND ITS IMPACT ON ASTHMA
  Jane Hubbard

Clinical Pathology

• FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE
  Leslie Paine

Point of Care Testing

• LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN POCT
  Gilbert Wieringa and Professor Christopher Price

Complementary Medicine

• THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A CHIROPRACTIC PERSPECTIVE
  Dr George Carruthers
• LOW BACK PAIN: CONVENTIONAL AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
  Leslie Paine, and The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), USA

Dermatology

• GUIDELINES OF CARE FOR ACTINIC KERATOSES
  American Academy of Dermatology, USA

Diagnostic Imaging

• THE USES OF DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
  Dr Huw Roach and Dr J Richard Harding

Endocrinology

• DIABETES RESEARCH
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA
• MAKING GOOD DIABETES CARE AVAILABLE TO ALL
  Mary Burden RGN MPH
• CAUTION ISSUED ON COMBINED HORMONE THERAPY
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA

ENT Audiology

• MODERNISING HEARING AID SERVICES PROGRAMME
  Angela King, David Beckman and Phillipa Palmer
• TRANSFORMING THE DETECTION OF HEARING LOSS IN INFANTS
  Dr Malcolm Garner
• GLUE EAR AND OTITIS MEDIA
  Margaret Glasgow
• TAKING THE MESSAGE HOME – A FAMILY FRIENDLY FOCUS FOR PAEDIATRIC DEAFNESS
  R.Pither. M.Sc.,M.Ed.

Paediatrics

• THE SAFETY OF IBUPROFEN SUSPENSION IN CHILDREN
  Dr Samuel Lesko
• CHILDHOOD FEVER AND PAIN
  Patient Fact Sheet supported by Crookes Healthcare Ltd.

Urology

• END STAGE RENAL FAILURE – ESRF
  Timothy F Statham OBE

Nutrition

• BREAST IS BEST – AND THAT’S OFFICIAL!
  Tam Fry

Family Planning and Alternative Contraception

• RECENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTRACEPTION
  Angela Reynolds

Oncology

• COLORECTAL CANCER – PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
  Ian Beaumont
• TREATING ANAEMIA IN CANCER PATIENTS
  Leslie Paine

Gastroenterology

• ANTI-EMETICS
  Dr Johanna Wood

Neurology

• MYASTHENIA GRAVIS (MG)
  Dr Mark E. Roberts
• PARKINSONISM: WHAT’S DRIVING IT?
  Drs R John & Sylvia M Dobbs and Dr Clive Weller
• CURRENT DRUG MANAGEMENT OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE
  Graeme JA Macphee MB FRCP, and Fiona C. Needleman MSc MRPharmS

Ophthalmology

• CURRENT PERSPECTIVES IN NEUROPROTECTION AND BLOOD FLOW
  Rod McNeil
• VISUAL IMPAIRMENT – HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW?
  David J Wright FIAM
• GP GUIDANCE DOCUMENT ON LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERY
  Dan Rheinstein

Orthopaedics

• DELAYS IN HIP FRACTURE REPAIR SURGERY
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA.
• BONE MINERALIZATION
  Glenis Edwards

Psychiatry

• INTELLIGENCE AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
  Dr. James H MacCabe
• MEASURING STRESS AND MIGRAINE
  Dr Shaun Kilminster MSc (Psych), PhD, FSS, FFPM (RCPEng.)
• A SENSIBLE APPROACH TO DRINKING?
  David Ball and John Witton
• SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER (SAD)
  Psychiatry Research Trust

Counselling Services

• COUNSELLING IN PRIMARY CARE
  John Eatock

Wound Management

• WOUND HEALING AND AGEING
  Vanessa Jones

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