Community Health News - 1975 - 1984

The CHC News became a forum for CHC members and staff to exchange experiences, information and ideas.
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1975
Issue 1     -     May - 'Male Midwives' from Sunderland CHC               
Issue 2     -     July - Stroke Patients in the Home          
Issue 3     -     September  - 'Should patients have a say?' 
Issue 4     -     November  - How do you make contact with the Public? 
  
1976
Issue 5      -    January - Services for Drug Dependants 
Issue 6      -    April - Complaints Gap
Issue 7      -    May - Complaints about CHCs - whose responsibility?
Issue 8      -    June  - Grant Given to CHCs for extra staff
Issue 9      -    July - Why should the public care?                  
Issue 10    -    August  -  Asbestos - more facts needed         
Issue 11    -    September - Patients' Committees one year on
Issue 12    -    October - Bridging the gap      
Issue 13    -    November - In Sickness and in Health
Issue 14    -    December - Stroke Patients Survey
1977
Issue 15     -     January - Doctors' defence societies
Issue 16     -     February - Meals on wheels
Issue 17     -     March - Social class and health
Issue 18     -     April - CHCs and the use of video
Issue 19     -     May - Doctors and people
Issue 20     -     June - Patients Committees gather support
Issue 21     -     July - Sir George Godber on health education and CHCs
Issue 22     -     August - CHCs on Pollution Watch
Issue 23     -     September - CHC takes to the road
Issue 24     -     October - When your kidneys fail ...
Issue 25     -     November - Phobias
Issue 26     -     December - A tankful of trouble
1978
Issue 27     -     January - Ill health and hidden causes
Issue 28     -     February - Voting for a view of health
Issue 29     -     March - What CHCs think
Issue 30     -     April - Fume sniffing
Issue 31     -     May - Stricter rules for GP deputising
Issue 32     -     June - Keeping an eye on the growth of private hospitals
Issue 33     -     July - Better dental services for all
Issue 34     -     August - Wasteful chaos in NHS supplies
Issue 35     -     September - The way the money goes ...
Issue 36     -     October - Waiting lists
Issue 37     -     November - Schizophrenia
Issue 38     -     December - Drug testing costs too much?
1979
Issue 39     -    February - Nurses and nursing
Issue 40     -    March - The need for an ambulance
Issue 41     -    April - The state of primary care
Issue 42     -    May - Gritting the NHS oyster
Issue 43     -    June - Alternative medicine
Issue 44     -    July - Consultation or community action
Issue 45     -    August - Thumbs up for CHCs
Issue 46     -    September - Cuts and the consequences
Issue 47     -    October - AGM seeks urgent talks with government
Issue 48     -    November - Court hearing was 'moral victory' for CHC
Issue 49     -    December - Consultation should carry on ...
1980
Issue 50     -     January - Will CHCs be needed?
Issue 51     -     February - The case for CHCs
Issue 52     -     March - CHCs have a formidable case
Issue 53     -     April - Pay beds consultation will carry on
Issue 54     -     May - Heart transplants:  behind the ballyhoo
Issue 55     -     June - Prevention in child health
Issue 56     -     July - Treat the child not just the illness
Issue 57     -     August - CHCs will continue - but under scrutiny
Issue 58     -     September - Going private?
Issue 59     -     October - Invest in the future
Issue 60     -     November - Too many x-rays
Issue 61     -     December  - Care of the dying
1981
Issue 62     -     January - Complaints - should Doctors decide?
Issue 63     -     February - Robbed by the NHS!
Issue 64     -     March - Keep it local
Issue 65     -     April - Leaning on the community
Issue 66     -     May - Action on Black Spots
Issue 67     -     June - Getting the better of statistics
Issue 68     -     July - Smokescreen at the zoo - the tobacco industry escapes again
Issue 69     -     August / September - The costs of specs
Issue 70     -     October - CHC ante-natal care surveys
Issue 71     -     November - Protecting the patients
Issue 72     -     December - Social services cuts deepening
1982
Issue 73     -     January / February - Unemployment and health
Issue 74     -     March - GP Receptionists
Issue 75     -     April - Residency test for new patients
Issue 76     -     May - Occupational health in the NHS
Issue 77     -     June - Why do British Asians get Rickets?
Issue 78     -     July - CHCs call for 'no-fault' compensation 
Issue 79     -     August / September - Flouride and democracy
Issue 80     -     October - Wake up - changing the inpatient's day
Issue 81     -     November - Renal Units
Issue 82     -     December - Family Practitioner Committees (FPCs) go independent - it's official
1983
Issue 83     -     January / February - Doctors and patients - a new alliance
Issue 84     -     March - Drug companies under attack
Issue 85     -     April - Crisis - whose crisis?
Issue 86     -     May - The muted voice of the public
Issue 87     -     June - Legislation ditched in pre-election rush
Issue 88     -     July / August - CHCs are not at risk
Issue 89     -     September - A dusty answer on asbestos
Issue 90     -     October - Cuts fury grows
Issue 91     -     November - Self-help groups
Issue 92     -     December - Open market for eye care
1984
Issue 93     -     January / February - Mental watchdog
Issue 94     -     March - The NHS in crisis