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Main Catalogue:
Developing Shared Care & Primary Care Based Treatment Services (ES, GPwSI)

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

• Recovery Can Start on the Streets & Primary Care Can Make it Happen
  - Nigel Hewett, Wayne Henderson (Sep 2008)
• Primary Care Drug Treatment - End of the Line, or Part of the Journey? How to Optimise Patient Choice & Opportunity
  - Steve Brinksman (Sep 2008)
• Practical Management of Crack Use in Primary Care - Birmingham
  - Dr George Ryan (Oct 2007)
• Hepatitis C & Primary Care
  - Dr Nigel Modern (Oct 2007)
• Bespoke Practice
  NHS National Enhanced Service - 94 Adelaide Street - Dr Michael Taylor (Sep 2007)
• National Enhanced Service (NES) for Alcohol Misusers
  - Alan Alker (Sep 2007)
• Presentation: Where do Primary Care Based Drug Services in England Fit Into the Future & Can Primary Care Influence the 2008 Drug Strategy?
  - Colin Bradbury (Sep 2007)
• Hot Topics From the Clinical Guidelines & NICE Guidance
  - Dr Susi Harris (Sep 2007)
• Providing Primary Care & Specialist Treatment for Addiction
  - Fulcrum Medical Practice (Sep 2007)
• Shared Care in Oldham
  - Roisin Reybolds (Sep 2007)
• Shared Care Client Satisfaction Survey June 2007
  - Addaction Southern Derbyshire County Service (Jul 2007)
• Shared Care GP Satisfaction Survey March 2007
  - Addaction Southern Derbyshire County Service (Apr 2007)
• Sharing the Care - Getting the Mix Right: The Roles of the Team
  Annie Steele, GP Liaison Manager Birmingham DAT & Asst. Director of Services, Swanswell Trust & Nigel Modern, Lead GP (Substance Misuse), Birmingham DAT & HOBtPCT
• Focus on Effective Shared Care Co-ordination
  Conference documents (Apr 2006)
• Shared Care for Alcohol Provision in Primary Care: Is it possible?
  Jeff Fernandez, Islington PCT (Mar 2006)
• Practice Based Commissioning (PbC) - An Overview: Opportunities for Substance Misuse Services in Primary Care
  Dr Linda Harris, Acting Director RCGP Substance Misuse Unit (Mar 2006)
• Poppy Project - Corby Shared Care in Operation
  Clive Jekyll, Shared Care Development Officer, Northamptonshire DAAT (Jan 2006)
• DANOS Level 4 Project Information Bulletin: January 2006
  Skills for Health (Jan 2006)
• DANOS Level 4: Report on Research into the Need for Level 4 Qualifications & National Occupational Standards for the Drugs & Alcohol Field
  The Management Standards Consultancy (Dec 2005)
• Systems of Shared Care Coordination & Models of Shared Care
  Lisa Stanway, SMMGP (Oct 2005)
• London Shared Care Development Day
  Conference documents (Jun 2005)
• Treatment Effectiveness
  Wendy Miller, NTA (Mar 2005)
• Planning & Developing Shared Care - A Training Day for the East Midlands
  Conference documents (Mar 2005)
• London Shared Care
  Dr Chris Ford, Regional Lead RCGP (Mar 2005)
• Evolving Models of Shared Care
  Lisa Stanway, SMMGP (Mar 2005)
• Coordinating a Shared Care Scheme
  Kate Halliday, SMMGP Primary Care Adviser (Mar 2005)
• Waltham Forest Shared Care Scheme
  Sue Miller, Joint Commissioning Manager & Anna Hall, GP Liaison Worker (Mar 2005)
• Shared Care Journey - The Wandsworth Experience
  Ian Wilson (Mar 2005)
• Underperformance Issues
  Telford & Wrekin PCT (Mar 2005)
• A History of Shared Care
  Melton Mowbray (Mar 2005)
• Models of Shared Care
  Lisa Stanway, SMMGP (Mar 2005)
• Engaging GPs
  Kate Halliday, SMMGP (Mar 2005)
• Future Developments in Shared Care
  Kate Halliday, SMMGP (Mar 2005)
• General Practitioners with Special Clinical Interest (GPSIs) - Drug & Alcohol Misuse
  Dr Clare Gerada, Draft Document (Nov 2002)

Articles from the SMMGP newsletters...

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

• Barriers to Addiction Treatment & Persons with Disabilities: An Overlooked Problem
  In Network Issue 23 (Jul 2008)
• Natural Recovery: What Can We Learn from Those Who Manage Without Us?
  In Network Issue 23 (Jul 2008)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Homelessness
  In Network Issue 22 (Apr 2008)
• The Department of General Practice & Primary Care at the University of Aberdeen Survey of Scottish GPs
  In Network Issue 22 (Apr 2008)
• There's No Such Thing as "Hard to Reach People" - Only "Hard to Access" Services
  In Network Issue 22 (Apr 2008)
• We've Come a Long Way
  In Network Issue 21 (Feb 2008)
• Recommissioning of Drugs Services - A Personal View
  In Network Issue 21 (Feb 2008)
• North East Lincolnshire Drug Intervention Programme
  In Network Issue 19 (Oct 2007)
• Working with Substance Misusers
  In Network Issue 18 (Jul 2007)
• The Adelaide Street NES
  In Network Issue 18 (Jul 2007)
• Dr Fixit's Advice - Sex Workers Who Use Drugs
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Building Bridges with the Criminal Justice System
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Improving Services for Substance Misuse
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Consultants, Who Needs 'Em?
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Sex Workers
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• Practice Based Commissioning (PBC)
  In Network Issue 16 (Dec 2006)
• Dr Fixit on Using Clinical Governance to Bring About Change with GP Under-Dosing
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Effective Coordination of Shared Care
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Clinical Governance & Change
  In Network Issue 15 (Aug 2006)
• Reader's Views: The GPwSI - Redefined out of existence!?
  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)
• Practice Based Commissioning - Another Tool for Improving Primary Care Substance Misuse Services
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• First Contact: A New Consultation Model for GPs Engaged in 'Shared Care'
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• SCAN - What It Is, What It Does & How We Can Work Together
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• The Past, Present & Future of the GP with Special Interest (GPwSI)
  In Network Issue 14 (May 2006)
• The Past, Present & Future of the GP with Special Interest (GPwSI)
  In Network Issue 14 (May 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)
• Starting From Scratch - Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust (PCT) Shared Care Service
  In Network Issue 12 (Sep 2005)
• Shared Care Coordination - How to Make Shared Care Schemes Work
  In Network Issue 12 (Sep 2005)
• Pharmacy Fix - How Can I Join the Local Shared Care Scheme?
  In Network Issue 9 (Sep 2004)
• Substance Misuse Services in Gateshead
  In Network Issue 7 (Feb 2004)
• Substance Misuse Services in Gateshead - A GP's Perspective
  In Network Issue 6 (Oct 2003)
• Hot Topics - New Guidance for GPwSIs
  In Network Issue 5 (May 2003)
• A Generalist by Character & Inclination - Why I Do It
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• The RCGP Certificate - Changing Treatment Changing Attitudes
  In Network Issue 3 (Oct 2002)
• Primary Care Responds to the Challenge
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• Specialists, GPs with Special Interest (GPsWI), & GPs Working as Specialists
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• Primary Care Specialist Providers - The Future of the NHS?
  In Newsletter Issue 21 (Nov 2001)
• Example Job Description/Discussion Paper GP with Special Interest (GPwSI)
  In Newsletter Issue 21 (Nov 2001)
• Shared Care Monitoring Groups Update
  In Newsletter Issue 21 (Nov 2001)
• General Practitioner with a Special Interest (GPWsi) or Specialised Generalist?
  In Newsletter Issue 20 (Jul 2001)
• SMMGP Recent Paper & Article Review
  In Newsletter Issue 20 (Jul 2001)
• Funding & Planning Drive to Support Shared Care & Drug Misuse Services in 2001
  In Newsletter Issue 19 (Mar 2001)
• Evolution of PCG 'Specialist Clinics' - A Bridge to Shared Care?
  In Newsletter Issue 19 (Mar 2001)
• The Experience of Working with Drug Users as Patients
  In Newsletter Issue 19 (Mar 2001)
• Let's Debate a Syllabus for the National Specialised Generalist Training
  In Newsletter Issue 18 (Nov 2000)
• An All Encompassing Substance Misuse Syllabus - Beyond an 'Opiate Fog'
  In Newsletter Issue 18 (Nov 2000)
• Support for Clinicians Following GP Arrests Information for GPs Who Work with Drug Users
  Special Bulletin (Jul 2000)
• Primary Care Led Development of Shared Care for Drug Users
  In Newsletter Issue 16 (Mar 2000)
• From Deputising to Shared Care
  In Newsletter Issue 16 (Mar 2000)
• Shared Care - 'Managing the Gap' or 'Shifted Outpatients'?
  In Newsletter Issue 16 (Mar 2000)
• Viewpoint
  In Newsletter Issue 15 (Dec 1999)
• A Review of Shared Care Protocols for the Treatment of Problem Drug Use in England, Scotland & Wales
  In Newsletter Issue 13 (Apr 1999)

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