Clin Med
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common multi-system inherited disorder, with a UK population exceeding 9,000. There have been significant improvements in CF survival over the decades, attributed to improvements in therapies available, our understanding of the disease and better organisation of care. CF care providers have been early advocates for successful healthcare transition from the paediatric to adult sector and CF can be considered a model process where a paediatric disease has now become an adult one. This article looks at the transition process in CF and the future challenges CF physicians will face.
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This paper describes the unsatisfactory situation that currently affects the provision of neurological services in parts of England, as identified in three recent reports, and contains a number of suggested ways in which the situation might be improved, while highlighting the good work being done by specialist nurses and therapists and by the Neurological Alliance on behalf of patients and their families.