1. The choice seemed to depend more on the whim of the individuals responsible than on any apparent rationale such as research. Yet high quality surveillance programmes can only be developed if research becomes an obligation. By 1985 the WHO had admitted that preschool screening had not been adequately evaluated.13
2. National Health Service. General medical and pharmaceutical regulations 1974. Terms of service, para 13;Department of Health and Social Security,1974
3. Primary health care in Newcastle upon Tyne. A report on the GP facilitator project. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle Local Medical;van Zwanenberg TD;Committee,1989
4. The Health Departments of Great Britain. General practice in the National Health Service. The 1990 contract,1989
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