All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-02-26 – Page 2

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    on the record

    1998-02-26T00:00:00Z

    SIMON STEVENS, 31, is health secretary Frank Dobson's special adviser for policy. He has previously worked as a health authority director, at London teaching hospitals, in mental health in the North East, and in Guyana and New York. He went to Oxford and Strathclyde universities.

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    References

    1998-02-26T00:00:00Z

    1 Wood S et al. A self-medication scheme for elderly patients improves compliance with their medication regimes. International J of Pharmacy Practice 1992; 1: 240-1.

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    Screening & treatment

    1998-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Cholesterol and coronary heart disease

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    Therapy

    1998-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Last year, Southend Hospital set up a project with social services and community health providers to deal with winter pressures and avoid delayed discharges. The initiative, which ran from January to March: