It’s a shame that the editorial on this important subject has been
made difficult to follow by apparent editing errors - surely it should say
primary care team in the first paragraph, not primary care trust, and
primary healthcare team, not primary health care trust, in the 6th, 7th
and 9th paragraphs?
Health visitors play an invaluable role in supporting and advising
parents in the care of young children, and over my 30 years as a general
practitioner have been key members of the primary healthcare team in the
care of children. It is desperately sad to see them being detached from
primary healthcare teams, and the downplaying of their role makes no sense
at all at a time when families and children are supposed to be a
Government priority.
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests:
No competing interests
11 December 2006
John D Temple
Part-time lecturer in general practice
University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham NG7 2UH
Rapid Response:
Mistakes all round?
It’s a shame that the editorial on this important subject has been
made difficult to follow by apparent editing errors - surely it should say
primary care team in the first paragraph, not primary care trust, and
primary healthcare team, not primary health care trust, in the 6th, 7th
and 9th paragraphs?
Health visitors play an invaluable role in supporting and advising
parents in the care of young children, and over my 30 years as a general
practitioner have been key members of the primary healthcare team in the
care of children. It is desperately sad to see them being detached from
primary healthcare teams, and the downplaying of their role makes no sense
at all at a time when families and children are supposed to be a
Government priority.
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests