This week's This week in the BMJ

	Prison mental health care doesn't match NHS [Full text] FREE

	Practice nurses provide effective minor illness care [Full text] FREE

	Nurse practitioners effectively manage same day GP patients [Full text] FREE

	Savings outweigh costs of nurse telephone consultation in out of hours primary care [Full text] FREE

	NHS Direct plays important part in providing reassurance [Full text] FREE

	Drug reactions cause about 3% of admissions to French hospitals [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Doctors and nurses: doing it differently
	Jane Salvage, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;320:1019-1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1019 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing and the future of primary care
	Steve Iliffe
	BMJ  2000;320:1020-1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1020 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Getting health professionals to work together
	Celia Davies
	BMJ  2000;320:1021-1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1021 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What's so great about collaboration?
	Merrick Zwarenstein, Scott Reeves
	BMJ  2000;320:1022-1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1022 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reshaping the NHS workforce
	Lesley Doyal, Ailsa Cameron
	BMJ  2000;320:1023-1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1023 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Mandatory regular meetings of hospital staff would complement medical audit and revalidation
	A Singer
	BMJ  2000;320:1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1072 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Caesarean section controversy
	Katie Groom, Sara Paterson Brown, Luis G A Quadros, Kathy Eftekhar, Philip Steer, Madhukar Pai, Nilofer Sabrine, M P O'Connell, W Lindow, José M Belizán, Fernando Althabe, Fernando Barros, Sophie Alexander, Christine Nuttall
	BMJ  2000;320:1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1072/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Serious hazards of transfusion (SHOT) initiative
	Paul Nederlof, Michael J G Thomas, Lorna M Williamson, Elizabeth Love, Hannah Cohen
	BMJ  2000;320:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1075 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Establishing probable cause in cerebral palsy
	Peter Dear, Simon Newell, L Rosenbloom, J M Rennie, Alastair MacLennan
	BMJ  2000;320:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1075/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The implications of outlawing age discrimination
	Roger A Fisken, David Carvel, M M Rivlin
	BMJ  2000;320:1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1076 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ageism occurs in prevention of heart disease too
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2000;320:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1077 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluation of hospital at home scheme
	Hilda Parker, Gideon A Caplan
	BMJ  2000;320:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1077/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Warming feeds is unnecessary and hazardous
	Eleanor Thomas
	BMJ  2000;320:1078, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1078 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based substitution of doctors by nurses in primary care?
	Miranda Laurant, Michelle Sergison, Shirley Halliwell, Bonnie Sibbald
	BMJ  2000;320:1078, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1078/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	UK health secretary wants to liberate nurses' talents
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1025 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS workforce planning must be integrated
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1025/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South East Asia faces severe shortage of safe blood
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2000;320:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1026 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Clinical Standards Advisory Group issues its final reports
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;320:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1026/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1026/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government announces army of 133 to rescue England's NHS
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2000;320:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1027 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report lays out strategy to end "postcode prescribing"
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2000;320:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1027/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South Africa to tighten control on drug trials after five deaths
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2000;320:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1028 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients' groups to sue tobacco industry in Spain
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2000;320:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1028/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Number of UK diabetic patients set to double by 2010
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;320:1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1029 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bypass grafts protect diabetic patients better than angioplasty
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1029/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canada faces nurse shortage
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2000;320:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Germany expects more hospital privatisation
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2000;320:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	NHS in England ends financial year �200m in debt
	BMJ  2000;320:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Drilling holes in the heart helps angina
	BMJ  2000;320:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030/c [Extract] [Full text]

	College inquiry finds evidence of "dysfunctional relationship"
	BMJ  2000;320:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030/d [Extract] [Full text]

	London's mayoral candidates agree over health
	BMJ  2000;320:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030/e [Extract] [Full text]

	India launches oral health strategy
	BMJ  2000;320:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Modernise the NHS in small steps, say experts
	BMJ  2000;320:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1030/g [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
	Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2000;320:1058-1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1058 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of arterial and venous disease: Vascular complications of diabetes
	Richard Donnelly, Alistair M Emslie-Smith, Iain D Gardner, Andrew D Morris
	BMJ  2000;320:1062-1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1062 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Nurse management of patients with minor illnesses in general practice: multicentre, randomised controlled trial
	Chau Shum, Ann Humphreys, David Wheeler, Mary-Ann Cochrane, See Skoda, Sarah Clement
	BMJ  2000;320:1038-1043, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1038 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of nurse practitioner versus general practitioner care for patients requesting "same day" consultations in primary care
	Paul Kinnersley, Elizabeth Anderson, Kate Parry, John Clement, Luke Archard, Pat Turton, Andrew Stainthorpe, Aileen Fraser, Chris C Butler, Chris Rogers
	BMJ  2000;320:1043-1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1043 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Two further tables] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial comparing cost effectiveness of general practitioners and nurse practitioners in primary care
	P Venning, A Durie, M Roland, C Roberts, B Leese
	BMJ  2000;320:1048-1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1048 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cost analysis of nurse telephone consultation in out of hours primary care: evidence from a randomised controlled trial
	Val Lattimer, Franco Sassi, Steve George, Michael Moore, Joanne Turnbull, Mark Mullee, Helen Smith
	BMJ  2000;320:1053-1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1053 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full details of the methodology] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Nursing matters
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2000;320:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1085/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Doctors have become more caring than nurses
	M Fletcher
	BMJ  2000;320:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1083 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nurse practitioners and the future of general practice
	John Alcolado
	BMJ  2000;320:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1084 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and nurses: new game, same result
	Mark Radcliffe
	BMJ  2000;320:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1085 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Nursing numbers in Britain: the argument for workforce planning
	James Buchan, Nigel Edwards
	BMJ  2000;320:1067-1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1067 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against: Doctors and nurses should monitor each other's performance • FOR • AGAINST
	Tim Crossley, Lynda Abedin
	BMJ  2000;320:1070-1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1070 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1086 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Vaccination against smallpox1806
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2000;320:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1061 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word . . .: Monthly injections
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2000;320:1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1071 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Coronary and cardiovascular risk estimation for primary prevention: validation of a new Sheffield table in the 1995 Scottish health survey population
	BMJ  2000;320:1034 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment
	Donald Campbell
	BMJ  2000;320:1082, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1082 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Benefits and Hazards of Exercise
	A Pasternak
	BMJ  2000;320:1082, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1082/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Doctors and nurses: a new dance?
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2000;320:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1084/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Doctors and nurses: a new dance?
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Making websites
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1083/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	GPs respond to Blair's challenges • Decision made on EU directive for junior doctors • Junior doctors call for action over "subconsultant grade"
	BMJ  2000;320:1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1081 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Roy Astley • Alexander Young Adam • John French Burdon • Max Berthold Clyne • Andrew Fraser Higgins • Abraham Harold Isaacson • James Joseph ("Seamus") Keenan • Maurice Lamell • Jan Miedema • Philip Henry Almroth Willcox • Ginette Lesley Harrison
	Kishore Shah, A Frame, Dymoke Jowitt, Michael Clyne, Sarah Cornock, Ronald Grainger, Phillip Gishen, D J M Keenan, Harold Hillman, Christopher Low, Philip Willcox, Christopher Willcox, Nicholas Willcox, and Merlin Willcox
	BMJ  2000;320:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1079 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Inpatient care of mentally ill people in prison: results of a year's programme of semistructured inspections
	John L Reed, Maggi Lyne
	BMJ  2000;320:1031-1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1031 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How helpful is NHS Direct? Postal survey of callers
	A O'Cathain, J F Munro, J P Nicholl, E Knowles
	BMJ  2000;320:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1035 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

	Admissions to hospital caused by adverse drug reactions: cross sectional incidence study
	Pierre Pouyanne, Françoise Haramburu, Jean Louis Imbs, Bernard Bégaud
	BMJ  2000;320:1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1036 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: A list of investigators] FREE

	Drug points: Probable interaction between cyclosporin A and low dose ticlopidine
	A Verdejo, M A de Cos, J A Zubimendi, L López-Lázaro
	BMJ  2000;320:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1037 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Lithium toxicity after urinary diversion with ileal conduit
	A Alhasso, A A Bryden, D Neilson
	BMJ  2000;320:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1037/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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