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A project to manage patients with non-psychotic illnesses in primary care

01 September 2001

Mental Health Practice

A&S Science

Almost 90 per cent of illnesses are treated in primary care (Mann 1992). According to Goldberg and Huxley (1992), one patient in two seeing his or her GP has some...

Quality at the bottom

01 July 1997

Nursing Management

Keyword: quality

For some time now I have been musing and reading about that elusive concept: quality. I am not intending to get involved in the nuts and bolts of quality measurement...

Looking at the sky and at the ground

16 October 1996

Nursing Standard

Letter

I wish to further clarify the points I made in my letter of September 25.

Nursing does not need to justify itself

25 September 1996

Nursing Standard

Letter

Alex Mathieson’s article regarding the UKCC report on die role of die nurse practitioner reveals many of the problems faced by nursing (News Analysis September 4).

Driven by demand in the healthcare economy

21 June 2000

Nursing Standard

Letter

I read with some dismay Dame June Clark's comment (Analysis May 31) that 'the mark of a profession is that it should determine its own future, not sit back and wait...

What’s in a name?

07 April 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: opinion

Dobbo puts his foot in his mouth again. His idea of a three-tier grading structure with its fancy names is about as helpful as Viagra is to a eunuch

We are more than just ‘resources’

20 June 2001

Nursing Standard

Letter

Professor James Buchan makes some interesting points in his piece on NHS human resources directors (perspectives May 23).

Degree nurses are being wasted by the NHS

13 February 2002

Nursing Standard

Letter

I feel I must respond to the attack by Ms King (letters January 23) castigating me for my opinion of degree nurses (perspectives January 9).

Risky business

05 March 2003

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Prostitution has always been a controversial topic. Most governments continue to resist the legalisation of brothels and to prosecute prostitutes who solicit on the...

Bringing up baby

14 January 2004

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

It is funny how life events change your perception of the world and of other professionals. I had always assumed that research was a good thing and that...