THE NAPC REVIEW Winter 2004/2005 An Official Publication of the National Association of Primary Care Edited by Leslie Paine OBE

Foreword

• PRACTICE LEVEL COMMISSIONING – FUNDHOLDING REVISITED?
  Dr Johnny Marshall, Honorary Treasurer, NAPC

Primary Care Trusts

• PCTS FACE CRUCIAL RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES IF THEY ARE TO SURVIVE
  Hudson Global Resources Ltd.
• ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (OD) – FACILITATING A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MAZE
  Colin Beard, Helen Broadbent and Dena Adamson
• THE THINK-TANK THAT DOES
  Niall Dickson
• AN INFORMATION SERVICE FOR PRIMARY CARE
  Lynette Cawthra
• PATIENT POWER – THE IMPACT OF CHOICE ON THE NHS – THE COMMERCIAL ANGLE
  Andew McNeilis
• CURRENT ISSUES FOR PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE
  Elizabeth Smith BSc MSc, Fiona M Ross BSc PhD RGN, Sheila Donovan BSc MSc RGN DN

Practice Management, Finance and Quality Improvement

• AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRACTICE MANAGERS TO CUT CORNERS, NOT QUALITY
  David Collingbourne
• NHS LIVE
  Leslie Paine, Editor
• NHS LIVE MINOR AILMENTS SCHEME IN LEEDS NORTH EAST PCT
  Mohammed Hussain MRPharms and Ms Rehana Ahmed
• ESTABLISHING A PRIMARY CARE LED OBESITY SERVICE
  Jane Branson

Children’s Health

• OTITIS MEDIA AND IMPAIRMENT OF CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Development (AHRQ), USA

Complementary Therapies

• AN OSTEOPATHIC PERSPECTIVE WITHIN PRIMARY CARE
  Joanna Mitchell DO

Dermatology

• THE CASE FOR A NON PHARMACEUTICAL APPROACH TO TREATING COMMON SKIN DISORDERS
  Dr Martin Schiele
• MALIGNANT MELANOMA
  Dr Jo Wood

Endocrinology

• NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK FOR DIABETES ONE YEAR ON: A DIETETIC PERSPECTIVE
  Brenda Purnell
• IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DIABETES
  Diabetes UK

Learning Disability

• FORGOTTEN LIVES – LESSONS LEARNT FROM LOCKED WARD CLOSURE
  Zarin Hainsworth Fadaie
• INTERACT: A SERVICE FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITY
  Guideposts Trust

Long Term Care

• IMPROVING CARE FOR LONG TERM CONDITIONS. A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR THE NHS
  Dr Rebecca Rosen

Music and Health

• MUSIC AND HEALTH
  Glenn Wilson PhD

Neurology

• IMPROVING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MIGRAINE
  The Migraine Trust

Neuropsychiatry

• PARKINSONISM: WHAT’S DRIVING IT?
  Drs R John and Sylvia M Dobbs and Dr Clive Weller

Nocturnal Enuresis

• ENURESIS — BEDWETTING
  Lamide Akinsanya

Ophthalmology

• CURRENT CONTROVERSIES IN GLAUCOMA
  Rod McNeil
• TONOMETRY ADVANCES
  Elliot M. Kirstein, OD, FAAO
• SELF EXAMINATION OF THE VISUAL FIELD ON THE INTERNET
  Bertil Damato PhD FRC(Ophth) and Carl Groenewald FSC (Ophth)

Orthopaedics and Defects of Bone Mineral Metabolism

• OSTEOPOROSIS – 1 *
  Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases, National Resource Centre, USA

Psychiatry

• SUPPORTING FAMILIES: THE PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST
  Psychiatry Research Trust
• EARLY INTERVENTION IN EATING DISORDER – 1*
  Professor Janet Treasure, and Research Assistants Jenna Whitney and Samantha Bottrill
• TWO RESEARCH STUDIES OF BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER
  Dr. Noel Kennedy

Respiratory Care

• RESEARCH REPORTS FROM USA
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA

Weight Management

• WHAT WORKS IN ADULT WEIGHT MANAGEMENT?
  Carrie Ruxton PhD, RD
• SUCCESSFUL WEIGHT MANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE
  Stephen Kreitzman Ph.D, and Valerie Beeson

 

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