Editorial December 2005 No material has been received this month for the website or for the Journal. Whilst the “hit numbers” for SCPNET are encouraging, we don’t know who are our “unique visitors”, nor whether the SCP website provides what they want? It would help planning for the future of the Society, and of its website, if everyone who reaches the Home Page or this Editorial would spare a few moments to Contact Us using this link, with a few words about how they each perceive the Society now, and would wish it to develop in its role as “an independent ginger group, largely instrumental in the creation of the Royal College of Psychiatrists”, founded in 1958 and from its inception with “conspicuous success in drawing attention to administrative and political areas of concern - - and to the hapless plight of many doctors condemned to ‘suspension pending enquiries’ by their employing authority”? I therefore repeat my earlier request for feedback, which is the life-blood of any publication. I shall be retiring as Editor during the Spring, when I shall be entering my 80th year, and for psychiatry today, and tomorrow, it is for younger doctors to play their part in medical journalism. Enquiries from doctors (not necessarily psychiatrists) with a particular interest in modern modes of communication would be welcomed. Echoing my first Editorial, in which I welcomed the FOIA, I send all readers Seasonal Greetings with the hope that during 2006 they will enjoy more satisfying and fulfilling professional lives, despite the challenges confronting pyschiatry these times*. And that SCP's membership will grow, and that Points of View will share many more contributions about life in psychiatry. P G Woolf *P.S.
The Guardian Leader December 10, 2005 - - Over the last 10 days our social affairs editor Details of the Society's future meetings will be published as soon as they are available. |