No doctor in the house

Article Abstract:

The Ancoats Community Clinic, Manchester, England, is the first minor injuries treatment center wholly operated by nurses. It opened in Mar 1989 against much opposition from hospital doctors and general practitioners and treated almost 20,000 cases in 1991, many of which were referred by local GPs. The clinic handles immunizations, venepuncture, ear syringing, cervical smears and stitching. The clinic also has 1,043 people registered on its confidential needle exchange program. Five district nurses and three health visitors are attached to the clinic.

Management, Ambulatory care facilities, Community health services, Clinics

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Professional services

Article Abstract:

Trade union COHSE has announced that it is to establish specialist advisory groups to provide its 120,000 nurse members with advice on professional issues. Initially, 16 groups will be formed covering fields such as nurse management, psychiatric nursing and nurse education. The initiative is due to begin in June 1992 and the groups will manage their own agendas.

Social aspects, Nursing, Labor unions

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A haven in hell

Article Abstract:

A Royal Navy nurse tells a journalist of her experiences in Iraq after the Gulf War when she nursed Kurdish refugees in a makeshift hospital. She describes her work with babies and young children suffering from malnutrition and dehydration and the distress which the Kurdish people's attitude to children's suffering sometimes caused her.

Care and treatment, Personal narratives, Refugees, Kurdish, Kurdish refugees

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