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Providing specialist services in the community

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John Mayberry
Editor, Postgraduate Medical Journal, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK; pmj@bmjgroup.com

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In recent issues, the Postgraduate Medical Journal has explored the concept of specialty care in the community. With the present drive towards providing local, specialised care for patients with chronic diseases the need for a new type of specialist is self-evident. Such specialists will need to be based in the community and, in addition to delivering treatment, they will be expected to promote healthier lifestyles. Clearly, an organised approach to health improvement is critically important in an age when obesity, sexually transmitted diseases and cardiovascular diseases are major sources of morbidity. Education of patients is a core element of successful treatment, but educating people so as to prevent the development of illness is a much more effective approach.

During the 21st century, clinicians with a specialist interest will need to take proactive steps to help ensure a healthy population. For the vast majority this will . . . [Full text of this article]

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