452 What Really Happens to Our Veterans With Achalasia?

Behind Closed Doors: What Really Happens When Cops Question Kids

Much of what passes for knowledge about police interviewing practices is no more than assumption and conjecture. Such knowledge probably owes more to television, films, or novels than to any informed understanding of what happens in police interview rooms. Because of the secrecy that has always surrounded police-suspect interviews and the traditional reluctance of police officers to allow outsi...

Sickness certification and the GP: what really happens in practice?

BACKGROUND GPs typically sanction absence from work by issuing sickness certificates. There has been some debate recently about changing the way sickness certificates are issued and by whom. However, without understanding GPs' certification practices, their requirements in terms of training and education and how they feel the certification process should or should not be changed, measures aimed...

What really happens to tuberculosis patients classified as lost to follow-up in West Yorkshire?

Tuberculosis (TB) patients who do not complete treatment pose a potential public health risk. In West Yorkshire, local clinicians suspected that this risk was overestimated by the national Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance system. We audited patients who failed to complete treatment and were categorised as lost-to-follow-up (LTFU) between 2004 and 2008, using a combination of hand searching ex...

What happens to British veterans when they leave the armed forces?

BACKGROUND Little is known about the factors associated with leaving the armed forces, or what predicts subsequent employment success for veterans. It is likely that there is a complex interaction of adverse social outcomes and mental health status in this group. METHOD Analysis of existing data from the King's Military Cohort, a large, randomly selected, longitudinal cohort of service person...

Do we really know what pesticides are in our food?