Journal of Medical Secretaries & Administrators

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Volume 5 Issue 1 Spring 2004
Section Pages
Editorial Reports

Editorial, Kathy Perkins 1


Society Reports

Chairman's Message, Anne Davey 2


President's Platform, Malcolm Morrison 2


Honorary Secretary's Report, Bronwen Thomason 3


Members' News

Go Forth and Multiply – Well, That’s What We Did!, Sharon Standen, Penny Senior, Mary Slader, Geraldine Fielding 4


20 Years On, Linda Frame 5


NETWORK, Kathy Dimelow 7


No Man is an Island, Linda Ford 7


Conference

Programme, 9


Profile of After-dinner Speaker, Dr Felix Borchardt, 10


Worskhop: Sharing Good Practice, 10


Conference Booking Form, 12


Medical Secretary of the Year Award

14


Career and Salary

Confidentiality: NHS Code of Practice, Kathy Perkins 15


Communication in the Modern World, Val Williams 17


Changing Workforce Programme – Accelerated Development Programme, Val Williams 19


Career & Salary Sub-committee now known as Career, Salary and Professional Development Sub-committee, 20


Watch Out for the 'Serious Diagnosis Form', Maggie Gray 20


Your Professional Portfolio, Val Williams 20


Articles

A Most Unusual Voyage – P&O Aurora October/November 2003 ‘Jewels of the Mediterranean’, Celia Short 22


Chinese Medicine, Merilyn Fraser 23


Health Matters

Stress in 2004, Val Williams 24


Letters

A Med Sec-led NHS!, Val Williams 25


New President, Jean Beccaria 25


Meetings

26


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Melanie Muldoon

Melanie Muldoon, BSMSA Chief Executive Officer