pH7

pH7

September 21, 2004
2004 Autumn Edition pH7
Issue No.11 | Vol.1
September 21, 2004
Issue No.11 | Vol.1
2004 Autumn Edition pH7
Contents
INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the 2004 Autumn Edition of pH7

REGULARS

Book Review: Refugee Doctors: support, development and integration in the NHS

Sam Macrory

Book Review: 21st Century Asylums?

Dr Martin Deahl

VOX POP: The Provision of Allergy Services

Quarterly Check-Up

NEWS: WANTED
More Minority Doctors And NHS Dentists

NEWS: Parties Urged to do More for Long Term Ill

NEWS: New Euro Health Card Consultation

NEWS: More than half of population may be susceptible to vcjd

NEWS: National audit office to probe NHS IT project

NEWS: Statins may fight HIV

NEWS: School Dinner Overhaul

NEWS: Nice Publishes Self-Harm Help

NEWS: No Wories Over West Nile Virus

NEWS: Britan Can Learn From Scandinavian Sex Education

NEWS: Five-in-one Jab for Babies Approved

NEWS: STIs on the Rise in Britian

NEWS: Governement Unveils Mental Health Service Overhaul

DIARY

September - November

HEALTH EVENTS AT THE PARTY CONFERENCES

LONG TERM ILLNESS

Degrees of Separation
People with long term mental illness don’t just have to cope with financial problems, writes Jearelle Wolhuter, they also face social exclusion
Jearelle Wolhuter

State of Mind
The horrific state of care in mental hospitals has turned them into 21st century madhouses, argues Professor Robin Murray
Robin M Murray

HEROIN

Fields of Gold

Munizha Ahmad

Flower Power

Paul Flynn MP

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Natasha Vromen

From Prison to Prescription

John Mann

WORKING IN THE NHS

And how do you feel about that?

Dr Raj Persaud

Carry On Doctor

Out of Africa

Tony Baldry MP

Is There A Doctor in the House

James Johnson

DIABETES UPDATE

Diabetic Epidemic

Adrian Sanders

MRSA UPDATE

Out, Damned Spot

Sarah Revell

DRUGS IN SPORTS

Running on empty

Lord Pendry

A Sporting Chance

Dr Thomas Stuttaford

RESPIRATORY DISEASE

Waiting to exhale

Brian Harrison MA and Dr Ian Gibson MP

GIS IN THE NHS

X Marks the Spot

Sarah Southerton

ANIMAL TESTING

Cruel and Unusual

Nicky Gordon

ANIMAL TESTING
A Necessary Evil
Dr Ian Gibson MP

FOOD AND MOOD

Sweets for my sweet

Dr Raj Persaud

Heart Hope
Thoratec
SonoSite
MapInfo
Acolyte
BIVDA
Marie Stopes
DPC
Pipex
Schering Plough
Two-Ten Health
Dod's Online
European Scanning Centre
Acambis