Releasing Resources to Achieve Health Gain

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List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Releasing resources overview
Focusing Clinical Activity on Outcomes
Overview	p. 1
Use of diagnostic imaging resources	p. 9
Audit of x-ray referrals from a general practice	p. 18
Pathology services	p. 23
Rational prescribing in primary health care	p. 31
Asthma: an outcome-focused audit	p. 37
Appropriate prescribing in hospitals	p. 45
Achieving change by stealth	p. 50
Commissioning appropriate alcohol services	p. 59
Acting Now to Prevent Later Problems
Overview	p. 69
Antenatal care patterns: horses for courses	p. 82
Mothers as partners in antenatal care	p. 89
Preventing low birth weight	p. 97
Value for money in health promotion	p. 106
Health promoting hospitals in Europe	p. 114
Shifting the focus in dental care	p. 124
Podiatric surgery: early interventions in foot health care	p. 132
Psychological aspects of early treatment interventions	p. 143
Tertiary preventive programmes	p. 149
Doing Things Differently
Overview	p. 157
Supporting self-care: the buck stops here	p. 166
The community pharmacist	p. 174
Health promotion and self-care in later life	p. 180
Benefits of additional staff in primary care	p. 189
Nursing resources in primary care	p. 197
Social and health care integration in Lyme Regis	p. 206
Integrated care for asthma	p. 214
Tracking the financial shifts	p. 223
An alternative to the asylum	p. 231
Physiotherapy in general practice	p. 236
Index	p. 247
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