© 2002 Archives of Disease in Childhood
LEADING ARTICLE
Community medicine
Community paediatrics and change
Community Paediatrics, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK
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Dr E Curtis, Community Paediatrics, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK;
emma.curtis@ncht.northy.nhs.uk
What is the future of community paediatrics?
Keywords: community; health; planning
Should community paediatrics continue as a separate specialty, as it has been since the publication of the Court Report,1 or should it merge with general paediatrics, or with primary care? The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has taken a lead role in the debate on the future configuration of child health services and training and on the future shape of community child health. Two documents, Looking ahead: paediatrics and child health—the next 10 years,2 and the review of community paediatrics, Strengthening the care of children in the community,3 have been published to facilitate and stimulate discussion. There are other important factors which will hasten change in community paediatrics: a stated government commitment to eradicate child poverty, the long awaited decision to develop a National Service Framework for children, the establishment of Primary Care Trusts, and the recent Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry. As a result,
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