The incidence of dental caries in the primary molar teeth of young children receiving National Health Service funded dental care in practices in the North West of England

BDJ ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 205 (7) ◽  
pp. E14-E14 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Milsom ◽  
A. S. Blinkhorn ◽  
M. Tickle
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Young Children ◽  
National Health ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Primary Molar ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Molar Teeth

Views of general practitioners and head and neck surgeons on the referral system for suspected cancer: a survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 129 (9) ◽  
pp. 893-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
G S Bethell ◽  
P Leftwick
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
National Health ◽  
Secondary Care ◽  
Referral System ◽  
North West

AbstractBackground:The two-week wait referral system for suspected cancer was introduced in the National Health Service in 2000. This study aimed to identify areas for improvement to the two-week wait system by seeking the opinions of doctors working in primary and secondary care.Method:A questionnaire was distributed to general practitioners and head and neck surgeons within North West England with ethical consent.Results:Twenty-seven general practitioners and 15 head and neck surgeons responded. Of the general practitioners, 59.3 per cent declared that they never attend training on referrals in this specialty. Overall, 59.3 per cent of general practitioners and 86.7 per cent of head and neck surgeons felt that the two-week wait system could be improved.Conclusion:The main areas for further work are development of pre-referral communication between primary and secondary care along with development of practical educational measures for general practitioners.

Audit of Electroconvulsive Treatment in two National Health Service Regions

1992 ◽  
Vol 160 (5) ◽  
pp. 621-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Pippard
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Constant Current ◽  
Electroconvulsive Treatment ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Current Series ◽  
Training And Supervision

The practice of ECT has been surveyed by visits to all 35 NHS hospitals and five private clinics where it is used in the North East Thames and East Anglian Regions, and observation of ECT administration in 29 NHS and two private clinics. Since 1981 there has been much improvement in the physical conditions in which ECT is given and in anaesthetic practice. Nursing is good or excellent in a majority. About half the clinics have the most effective Ectron constant-current series 5 apparatus; the rest have older models with which ‘missed’ fits and undertreatment are frequent. Stimulus-dosing is usually by habit rather than rational strategy, and routine instrument settings differ fourfold between clinics. Most hospitals have nominated consultants in charge of ECT, but few of these are closely involved and little has changed in the unsatisfactory training and supervision of those who give the treatment. The use of ECT has fallen by 55% in North East Thames Region since 1979, but has risen by 20% in the East Anglian Region. There are up to 12–fold differences in usage between districts.

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