Quality in Primary Care Open Access

Guest Editorial

Measuring up? American reflections on the new GMS contract

• Gordon T Moore

Guest Editorial

What can we learn about quality of care from US health maintenance organisations?

• Steve Gillam

Research Paper

'Last seen before death': the unrecognised clue in the Shipman case

• Guy Houghton

Research Paper

Clinical governance leads: roles and responsibilities

• Clare Gerada

Research Paper

Improving safety and learning: case study of an incident involving medical equipment

• Maxine offredy, Jacquie Scott, Robert Moore

Research Paper

Evaluation of protected learning time in a primary care trust

• Richard Copeland, David Gill, Gordon Dennett

Research Paper

Informing patients about research: evaluation of an information leaflet

• S Andrew Spencer, Angus Dawson, Claire Rigby, Nicola Leighton, Janet Wakefield

Research Paper

Evaluating the potential impact of community pharmacy interventions on patient care in Northumberland

• Steve Gray, Sheila Woolfrey

Research Paper

Project for the Evaluation of Asthma in Tipton Schools (PEATS)

• ian Walton

Clinical Governance in Action

Forging links: evolving attitudes of clinical governance leads in general practice

• Andy Meal, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Alison Wynn, Mike Pringle, Ruth Cater

Clinical Governance in Action

Implementing the evidence: a disease management systemfor secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in the Scottish Borders

• John Gillies, Derek Santos, Erkki Vartiainen, James Dunbar, Barbara Nettleton

International Exchange

Development of standards for accreditation of primary care services in Indonesia

• Yodi Mahendradhata, Adi Utarini, Tjahyono Kuntjoro

International Exchange

Lessons learnt fromapplying an innovative, small group quality improvement strategy on test ordering in general practice

• Wim Verstappen

Knowledge Share

Online learning

• Andrew RLMedford

Review Article

Getting to Grips with Clinical Governance

• Alan Brown