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Main Catalogue:
Assessment/Screening/Care Planning/Patient Management

The following items are arranged in chronological order of appearance on the SMMGP web site and/or in its newsletters.

• Improving Outcomes in Primary Care
  - Dr Penny Schofield (Sep 2008)
• The Service Users' Experience
  - Alex Boyt (Sep 2008)
• Added (essential) Extras of Primary Care Services: Education & Employment - The Best Treatment?
  - Tim Horsburgh (Sep 2008)
• Modern Maintenance Therapy: Prescriber Imperative or Patient Choice?
  Dr Michael Farrell, Sue andcroft, Dr Chris Ford, Dr Clare Gerada, John Howard, Dr Fergus Law (Dec 2006)
• The Journey Through Treatment
  Dr Steve Brinksman, RCGP
• Guidelines for Community Dose Induction (CDI) & Assessment
  Adapted from "Slaying the Dragon" - the Birmingham Shared Care Guide produced by a partnership of Birmingham GPs, Drug Solutions Birmingham & the Birmingham Drug Action Team (May 2006)
• Flow Chart for Community Dose Assessment (CDA) - Using Supervised Consumption (SC) with Daily Dispensing
  Adapted from "Slaying the Dragon" - the Birmingham Shared Care Guide produced by a partnership of Birmingham GPs, Drug Solutions Birmingham & the Birmingham Drug Action Team (May 2006)
• Attracting the Opposite sex? A More Psychological Approach in Primary Care?
  Jeff Fernandez, Islington PCT (Mar 2006)

Articles from the SMMGP newsletters...

Please note that information provided in older articles may no longer be correct!

• Dr Fixit's Advice - Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
  In Network Issue 23 (Jul 2008)
• What to Do with Those Leg Ulcers?
  In Network Issue 23 (Jul 2008)
• Why Do Drug Injectors Share Needles & Syringes?
  In Network Issue 23 (Jul 2008)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Homelessness
  In Network Issue 22 (Apr 2008)
• Infective Endocarditis in IV Drug Users
  In Network Issue 19 (Oct 2007)
• Getting HIV Testing Into General Practice: Opportunistic Opportunities for Improving Testing
  In Network Issue 19 (Oct 2007)
• Analysis of SMMGP Membership Contingency Management Consultation
  In Network Issue 18 (Jul 2007)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Drugs Intervention Programme (DIP)
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Sex Workers Who Use Drugs
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Suboxone - So What's New?
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Viewpoint - Tolerance Testing Troubles
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Diversion - How Much Do We Really Know?
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Detoxification
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Consultants, Who Needs 'Em?
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Consultants, Who Needs 'Em?
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Sex Workers
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Heresy, Dogma & the Inquisition
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Being Drug & Alcohol Free
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Alcohol Detoxification
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Shift Work
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Methadone & Exercise
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Care Planning in Primary Care ...Simple?
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Abstinence - Treatment, Philosophy & Methods
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Dr Fixit on an HIV Positive Result
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Sleep Management & Methadone
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Heresy, Dogma & the Inquisition
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• The Virtue of Ignorance
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Setting Up a Drug Service in Prison
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Non-Medical Prescribing - One Year On
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Poly Drug Use: Taking it On in UK General Practice
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Pain Management When on Methadone Maintenance Treatment
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - HIV Screening
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• First Contact: A New Consultation Model for GPs Engaged in 'Shared Care'
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• Addicted Doctors
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• Principles of Pain Treatment in the Context of Substance Use
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Coming Off Supervised Consumption
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Joint Working
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Integrated Care & Partnership Working - Getting it Right
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Addiction Treatment in Prison
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Assessment in Primary Care
  In Network Issue 12 (Sep 2005)
• What Does the New Pharmacy Contract Mean for Patients & GP's?
  In Network Issue 12 (Sep 2005)
• Drug Testing in the Workplace
  In Network Issue 10 (Feb 2005)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - How Tough Should I Be on Missed Appointments & Missed Pharmacy Pickups?
  In Network Issue 10 (Feb 2005)
• News Digest - Hep B &C Testing
  In Network Issue 10 (Feb 2005)
• Management of Dual Diagnosis Patients in Primary Care
  In Network Issue 8 (Mar 2004)
• Dual Diagnosis in the Context of Mild to Moderate Mental Health Problems
  In Network Issue 8 (Mar 2004)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Dual Diagnosis
  In Network Issue 8 (Mar 2004)
• Review of Recent Papers, Articles & Reports
  In Network Issue 7 (Feb 2004)
• Alcohol - What Would Be the Ideal Clinical Care for a Patient Entering a Community Alcohol Detox Facility?
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• GPs Can't Do Everything - Why I Don't Do It
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• Review of Recent Papers, Articles & Reports
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Pressure to Prescribe
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• Classics Revisited - Motivational Interviewing, Preparing People for Change
  In Network Issue 3 (Oct 2002)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Blood Borne Viruses Screening & Vaccination for Injecting Drug Users
  
• Urine Screening - The Benefits & Limitations
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• Evolution of PCG 'Specialist Clinics' - A Bridge to Shared Care?
  In Newsletter Issue 19 (Mar 2001)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Volatile Substance Abuse
  In Newsletter Issue 19 (Mar 2001)
• 'Nurse Prescribing' for Controlled Drugs Pilot
  In Newsletter Issue 18 (Nov 2000)
• Motivational Interviewing
  In Newsletter Issue 18 (Nov 2000)
• Supervised Consumption - A Balanced Approach Supporting & Respecting Patients
  In Newsletter Issue 17 (Jul 2000)
• Managing Substance Misuse Patients in the Primary Care Setting
  In Newsletter Issue 17 (Jul 2000)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Urinalysis
  In Newsletter Issue 17 (Jul 2000)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - A Friday Night Challenge
  In Newsletter Issue 15 (Dec 1999)
• Motivational Interviewing
  In Newsletter Issue 8 (Dec 1997)
• Harm Reduction
  In Newsletter Issue 5 (Apr 1997)
• Urine Screening
  In Newsletter Issue 3 (Oct 1996)

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