The Annual Practice 1999

This work presents the most commonly used rules of The Supreme Court Practice (The White Book) in a compact format. Key practical information is obtainable on procedural matters from the preparation of a case up to trial.

A collection of the statutes, orders, and rules relating to the general practice, procedure and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Handing over control of the judging of award winners in a region wide competition about excellence, was a bold step, one that felt very complicated when we began. We have learned a lot by taking this action. We believe that the right decision was made and we have reaped the benefits. At times in the early days, we often heard the cry of 'how can you hand over such an important role to patients' and our response was 'how could we not'. Improving services is about improving the experience of patients, users and families, as they access National Health Service (NHS) care at times of intense crisis. In such a situation the only people who can judge what works, are the patients. We stood by this decision and are proud to have worked with a highly professional group of patients and users, who have shaped our thinking and helped us learn. What have we learned you may ask? We have learned what it really feels like to hand over control to patients - and we can report it feels good! Within this publication we will tell, with the help of the patients and award winners, the process we have gone through since 1999 and what we have learned. We hope you find it useful.

A discussion of patterns of work in primary care. It shows how to monitor, understand and plan everyday services offered by practices. There is data describing what happens on a daily basis in general practice to give a better understanding of the factors affecting consultation patterns.