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Nov. 15th, 2006 08:45 amPeople talking today about the British NHS and efforts by the American government to "free up" entry for their multi-national drug companies:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1947279,00.html
made me remember people I used to work with, who moved to the UK. Probably of no interest to anyone :-) but I thought I'd go look 'em up.
Terry Findlay used to be my local community health director, back in the early 90's. He's now in Glasgow, running Primary Care:
http://www.pjonline.com/Editorial/20030621/society/scottishdepartment.html
Martin Fletcher was my Team Leader back in 1988:
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/patients_for_patient/FAQ/en/index.html
Pretty nice guys, both of them. When I knew Martin, he was doing a Masters - something about "locus of control" and how that influenced people's perceptions of what they could do themselves to improve their health status.
Oh, it's a long way from __ ______ Community Health, though!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1947279,00.html
made me remember people I used to work with, who moved to the UK. Probably of no interest to anyone :-) but I thought I'd go look 'em up.
Terry Findlay used to be my local community health director, back in the early 90's. He's now in Glasgow, running Primary Care:
http://www.pjonline.com/Editorial/20030621/society/scottishdepartment.html
Martin Fletcher was my Team Leader back in 1988:
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/patients_for_patient/FAQ/en/index.html
Pretty nice guys, both of them. When I knew Martin, he was doing a Masters - something about "locus of control" and how that influenced people's perceptions of what they could do themselves to improve their health status.
Oh, it's a long way from __ ______ Community Health, though!
