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WEB WATCH
So you want to undertake a systematic review of discharge planning to find out what really works. But how do you know someone else isn't already doing the same thing? In fact, they are: details are on the National Research Register along with information about 42,000 other research projects of ...
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Co-operative society
Out-of-hours care has begun to involve not just doctors but the whole primary healthcare team. Jeremy Dale and Chris Salisbury argue that services need to change even more - but how?
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Social climbers
How effective are links between primary care groups and social services? Bob Hudson and Helen Lewis report on a national survey
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A dance to the music of time
The detox unit at Holloway women's prison is offering dance therapy to women trying to withdraw from hard drugs or alcohol addiction. Lucy Goodison and Helen Schafer explain
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The young ones
For our occasional profiles of professionals in contrasting roles, Alison Moore meets two people promoting young people's health - one in a prison, the other an adviser on sexual health with a health authority
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In person
Dr Helen Matthews, a consultant old age psychiatrist at Western Community Hospital in Southampton, has become medical director of Southampton Community Health Services trust. She takes over from Dr Colin Godber, who has stepped down after three years in post, but will continue to work as a consultant. East London ...
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Monitor
Monitor is delighted to welcome back Alan Milburn to the fold, and to reassure readers that the alarming, shark-like grimace he affects in so many photos is not intended to be as threatening as it looks. Monitor's sources recall a conversation in which our new lord and master blamed former ...