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Editor's report on this issue

It’s good to hear from our readership - all comments whether positive or negative are helpful. See the letter from Helen Daley on page 10 regarding Tam Fry’s article in the Spring News on growth measurement. Publication of articles like Tam’s does not mean that BACCH supports them. I do check accuracy as far as possible. Tam is correct in saying that the Government is interested in annual BMI measurements for children - a fact it is important for our readership to be aware of. More letters please, about this topic and others you feel concerned about.

Being editor brings me into contact with a variety of people who work in child health and they share two themes - enthusiasm for the work they do and not having enough time to do it in. Hence our front cover with its Alice In Wonderland theme. I know CPSIG members will be thinking that Lewis Carroll's interest in Alice might have needed their attention but he did give us a wonderful insight into how our complex world may be perceived by children.

How do we maintain our committments to the "Alices" without becoming like the White Rabbit - always in a hurry? I hope that BACCH News will help a little by keeping you informed of what is going on in community child health.

Mary Jones
Editor

• From the BACCH Convener

• Chairman’s Report
  The Change For Children agenda

• From the Academic Convener
  Children’s nutrition

• Regional News

• Research News
  Diagnosis in the community

• News
  Asylum - a childcare issue?

• Reports to the BACCH Council
  Contracts, College Speciality Report

• INFORMATICS
  Equity In RCPCH CEA Processes, DSMIG, Medicines In Schools & Early Years

• SPECIAL REPORT
  Pity The DFES, Community Paediatrics in N. Ireland, A Response To The RCPCH Census