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1198 treatment of hypertension in the elderly; and also studies on the conduct and organisation of medical care in general practice. Financial assistance is provided towards the compiling of age/sex registers, and for additional nursing or medical sessions required; equipment, laboratory facilities, and postal arrangements are also provided. Practices with total lists of at least 7500 (preferably 10 000 or over) are required. Many practices currently participating , are willing to be contacted or visited by others wanting to know what participation in this research group involves. Further information can be obtained from the Coordinating Centre, M.R.C. Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ. HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SERVICES YEAR BOOK The 1982 edition of the essential guide to the U.K. health services is now available. A blue section has been inserted which contains as much information as was available on Jan. 8 about the replacement of area health authorities by district health authorities. The editor notes that implementation of the reorganisation is likely to be protracted, and that details of the new authorities are unlikely to be completed in time for the 1983 edition. Users are advised to consult both the blue pages and the main text, for which there are cross references. The usual lists of hospitals (N.H.S., independent, and special), hospital suppliers, statutory bodies and organisations, sections on finance and patient statistics, and summaries of government reports comprise the bulk of the book, which is obtainable, price f35.70, from the Institute of Health Service Administrators, 75 Portland Place, London WIN 4AN. GUIDE TO TRANSPORT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE THE Department of Transport has produced a free guide’ to help disabled and elderly people make full use of transport services. It contains information on a wide range of topics including financial aid, cars and driving, wheelchairs, and facilities available to disabled people undertaking local, inter-city, and international journeys by all forms of transport. The guide also includes a list of helping organisations and a chapter on how and where to obtain information on local transport services: many local authorities have responded to the Department’s suggestion that they produce local guides to supplement the national one, and it is hoped that others will follow. E.E.C. Doctors and Command of English Since June, 1977, E.E.C. nationals who have obtained medical qualifications in E.E.C. member states have been entitled to full registration in the U.K. and up until the end of 1981 636 such practitioners have been granted full registration. A requirement to prove that doctors from E.E.C. countries possessed the necessary command of English as a condition of registration was abolished upon objections by the E.E.C. Commission. From Aug. 1, 1981, however, the Department of Health and Social Security recommended that where employing authorities and family practitioner committees were not satisfied with the doctor’s knowledge of English they should advise him to take the PLAB language test. The General Medical Council notes in its annual report that only 3 E.E.C. doctors had applied to take the test between Aug. 1 and Dec. 31, 1981. Review of Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 Amendments to the Scottish Mental Health Act have been proposed by the Secretary of State, Mr Barry Henderson, and drawn up in a consultation document which has been circulated for comment. A need for change has been reflected in the operation of the 1960 Act, the recommendations made in a report by the Mental Welfare Commission Does the Patient Come First?, and proposals in the English/Welsh Mental Health (Amendment) Bill at present before Parliament. Copies of the paper may be obtained from the Scottish Home and Health Department, St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh EH 1 3DE. 1. Door to Door. Available free from the Department of Transport, Building No. 3, Door to Door Guide, Freepost, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 0BR. 2. Available from the General Medical Council, 44 Hallam Street, London W1N 6AE. Council for National Academic Awards Mr Donald Ross, director of the department of surgery at the Institute of Cardiology, is to receive in June the honorary degree of doctor of science for his contributions to heart surgery. Medical Directory It has been decided not to include, in this year’s edition of the Medical Directory, information about whether a practitioner accepts private patients. Jenner Appeal Mr Ryoichi Sasakawa, a Japanese philanthropist, has donated L500 000 to the Jenner Appeal. The money will be used to purchase Edward Jenner’s house, The Chantry, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, and establish there a Jenner Museum and Education Centre. A meeting on Ischaemic Heart Disease: the Present State of Knowledge will take place at the University Hospital of Wales on July 9. Details are available from the Area Postgraduate Office, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XW. The summer meeting of the British Society for Immunology will take place at University Hospital, Nottingham, on July 23-24. Further information may be obtained from Dr W. G. Reeves, Department of Immunology, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG72UH. Prof. Jules Francois, director of the department of ophthalmology in the University of Ghent, Belgium, has been awarded the first Duke-Elder international medal of the International Council of Ophthalmology. Correction Screening, Detection, and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.-We apologise for a conversion error, from rad to Gy, in this article (May 15, p. 1109). On p. 1110, the third sentence in paragraph 3 should read: "The breast tissue radiation exposure should be as low as possible consistent with good image quality and should never exceed a skin dose of 1 rad (10 mGy)". Diary of the Week MAY 23 TO 29 Monday, 24th INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, Royal National Throat, Nose & Ear Hospital, 330/332 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8EE 5.30 P.M. Dr L. Sinclair: Mild Immunological Problems in Children. Tuesday, 25th INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH 5.30 P.M. Prof. P. P. Rtckham (Zurich): EctopIa Vesicae Revisited. Wednesday, 26th - ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Hammersmith Hospital, Ducane Road, London W12 OHS 10.15 A.M. (Stamp lecture theatre) Medical staff round. ROYAL MASONIC HOSPITAL, Ravenscourt Park, London W6 OTN 7 P.M. Mr P. R. Riddle: Urothelial Malignancy. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 3PF 5 P.M. Dr R. G. Levitt (St Louis): Computed Tomography of the Abdomen. CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, St Dunstan’s Road, London W6 5 P.M. Mr Roy Sanders: Progress in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery-the Past 40 Years (35th Alex Simpson Smith memorial lecture). CHACE POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE, Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway, Enfield EN2 8JL 1 P.M. Dr J. Pritchard: Why Many Childrens’ Cancers Can Be Cured-and Why Some Cannot. Thursday, 27th INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG 5.30 P.M. Dr P. Behan: Dementia-a New Syndrome. QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S MATERNITY HOSPITAL, Goldhawk Road, London W6 OXG 12 15 P.M. Dr D. G. White: Fathers’ Involvement with their Newborn Babies. ST MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG 5.15 P.M. Prof. James Mowbray: The Role of Paternal Antigens in Recurrent Abortion. WEST OF SCOTLAND COMMITTEE FOR POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Alison Hunter House, 6 Lancaster Crescent, Glasgow G 12 ORP 9.30 A M. Dr D. M. B. Ward: General Practice-Fears and Frustrations.
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treatment of hypertension in the elderly; and also studies on theconduct and organisation of medical care in general practice.Financial assistance is provided towards the compiling of age/sexregisters, and for additional nursing or medical sessions required;equipment, laboratory facilities, and postal arrangements are alsoprovided. Practices with total lists of at least 7500 (preferably10 000 or over) are required. Many practices currently participating
, are willing to be contacted or visited by others wanting to know whatparticipation in this research group involves.Further information can be obtained from the Coordinating Centre, M.R.C.
Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, WatfordRoad, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ.
HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SERVICES YEARBOOK
The 1982 edition of the essential guide to the U.K. health servicesis now available. A blue section has been inserted which contains asmuch information as was available on Jan. 8 about the replacementof area health authorities by district health authorities. The editornotes that implementation of the reorganisation is likely to beprotracted, and that details of the new authorities are unlikely to becompleted in time for the 1983 edition. Users are advised to consultboth the blue pages and the main text, for which there are crossreferences. The usual lists of hospitals (N.H.S., independent, andspecial), hospital suppliers, statutory bodies and organisations,sections on finance and patient statistics, and summaries of
government reports comprise the bulk of the book, which is
obtainable, price f35.70, from the Institute of Health ServiceAdministrators, 75 Portland Place, London WIN 4AN.
GUIDE TO TRANSPORT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
THE Department of Transport has produced a free guide’ to helpdisabled and elderly people make full use of transport services. Itcontains information on a wide range of topics including financialaid, cars and driving, wheelchairs, and facilities available to disabledpeople undertaking local, inter-city, and international journeys byall forms of transport. The guide also includes a list of helpingorganisations and a chapter on how and where to obtain informationon local transport services: many local authorities have responded tothe Department’s suggestion that they produce local guides tosupplement the national one, and it is hoped that others will follow.
E.E.C. Doctors and Command of EnglishSince June, 1977, E.E.C. nationals who have obtained medical
qualifications in E.E.C. member states have been entitled to fullregistration in the U.K. and up until the end of 1981 636 suchpractitioners have been granted full registration. A requirement toprove that doctors from E.E.C. countries possessed the necessarycommand of English as a condition of registration was abolishedupon objections by the E.E.C. Commission. From Aug. 1, 1981,however, the Department of Health and Social Securityrecommended that where employing authorities and familypractitioner committees were not satisfied with the doctor’s
knowledge of English they should advise him to take the PLABlanguage test. The General Medical Council notes in its annualreport that only 3 E.E.C. doctors had applied to take the testbetween Aug. 1 and Dec. 31, 1981.
Review of Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960
Amendments to the Scottish Mental Health Act have been
proposed by the Secretary of State, Mr Barry Henderson, anddrawn up in a consultation document which has been circulated forcomment. A need for change has been reflected in the operation ofthe 1960 Act, the recommendations made in a report by the MentalWelfare Commission Does the Patient Come First?, and proposals inthe English/Welsh Mental Health (Amendment) Bill at presentbefore Parliament. Copies of the paper may be obtained from theScottish Home and Health Department, St Andrew’s House,Edinburgh EH 1 3DE.
1. Door to Door. Available free from the Department of Transport, Building No. 3, Doorto Door Guide, Freepost, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 0BR.
2. Available from the General Medical Council, 44 Hallam Street, London W1N 6AE.
Council for National Academic Awards
Mr Donald Ross, director of the department of surgery at theInstitute of Cardiology, is to receive in June the honorary degree ofdoctor of science for his contributions to heart surgery.
Medical Directory
It has been decided not to include, in this year’s edition of theMedical Directory, information about whether a practitioner acceptsprivate patients.
Jenner AppealMr Ryoichi Sasakawa, a Japanese philanthropist, has donated
L500 000 to the Jenner Appeal. The money will be used to purchaseEdward Jenner’s house, The Chantry, Berkeley, Gloucestershire,and establish there a Jenner Museum and Education Centre.
A meeting on Ischaemic Heart Disease: the Present State of
Knowledge will take place at the University Hospital of Wales on July 9.Details are available from the Area Postgraduate Office, University Hospital ofWales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XW.
The summer meeting of the British Society for Immunology will takeplace at University Hospital, Nottingham, on July 23-24. Furtherinformation may be obtained from Dr W. G. Reeves, Department ofImmunology, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, NottinghamNG72UH.
Prof. Jules Francois, director of the department of ophthalmology in theUniversity of Ghent, Belgium, has been awarded the first Duke-Elderinternational medal of the International Council of Ophthalmology.
Correction
Screening, Detection, and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.-We apologise for aconversion error, from rad to Gy, in this article (May 15, p. 1109). On p. 1110,the third sentence in paragraph 3 should read: "The breast tissue radiationexposure should be as low as possible consistent with good image quality andshould never exceed a skin dose of 1 rad (10 mGy)".
Diary of the Week
MAY 23 TO 29Monday, 24th INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, Royal National Throat, Nose &
Ear Hospital, 330/332 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8EE5.30 P.M. Dr L. Sinclair: Mild Immunological Problems in Children.
Tuesday, 25thINSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH
5.30 P.M. Prof. P. P. Rtckham (Zurich): EctopIa Vesicae Revisited.
Wednesday, 26th -
ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Hammersmith Hospital, DucaneRoad, London W12 OHS
10.15 A.M. (Stamp lecture theatre) Medical staff round.ROYAL MASONIC HOSPITAL, Ravenscourt Park, London W6 OTN
7 P.M. Mr P. R. Riddle: Urothelial Malignancy.ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3
3PF5 P.M. Dr R. G. Levitt (St Louis): Computed Tomography of the Abdomen.
CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, St Dunstan’s Road, London W65 P.M. Mr Roy Sanders: Progress in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery-the Past 40 Years
(35th Alex Simpson Smith memorial lecture).CHACE POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE, Chase Farm Hospital, The
Ridgeway, Enfield EN2 8JL1 P.M. Dr J. Pritchard: Why Many Childrens’ Cancers Can Be Cured-and Why Some
Cannot.
Thursday, 27thINSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London WC1N
3BG5.30 P.M. Dr P. Behan: Dementia-a New Syndrome.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S MATERNITY HOSPITAL, Goldhawk Road, London W6OXG
12 15 P.M. Dr D. G. White: Fathers’ Involvement with their Newborn Babies.ST MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG
5.15 P.M. Prof. James Mowbray: The Role of Paternal Antigens in Recurrent Abortion.WEST OF SCOTLAND COMMITTEE FOR POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL
EDUCATION, Alison Hunter House, 6 Lancaster Crescent, Glasgow G 12ORP
9.30 A M. Dr D. M. B. Ward: General Practice-Fears and Frustrations.
