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Dear Colleagues, In my qualitative study exploring the experiences of older first time mothers, I am finding that many women describe a sense of unreality in the in the early days of mothering, and speak of expecting the baby to disappear, or of being surprised at the baby's 'real' or human appearance. I'm just wondering if anyone knows where this sense of 'unreality' is explored in the literature. I have several references to the concept pre-natally, though I am having some difficulty locating it as a post-partum trend. Thanks in advance, Mary Carolan [log in to unmask] At 06:59 PM 12/3/03 +0000, you wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mcdaid,D" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:53 PM >Subject: Chief Exec's report on English NHS available > > > > >The Chief Executive's Report on the English NHS is now available at > >http://www.doh.gov.uk/nhsreport/december2003/nhsreportdec03.pdf > >David McDaid >LSE health and social Care > > >Chief Executive's Report on the NHS > >December 2003 > > >From the Preface > >This report describes activity and performance in the NHS over the last six >months and in the three >years since publication of the NHS Plan. > >The headlines are: > >* 3 years of sustained and accelerating progress in improving services; > >* services delivered more quickly and more conveniently with more support in >the home >and the community; > >* on current trends we are well placed to hit this year's targets and >achieve waiting times of 6 >months for admission and 13 weeks for outpatients by the end of 2005. > >This year, we can expect to admit an additional 200,000 patients to hospital >and carry out an additional >250,000 treatments in outpatients. Many more patients will be seen and >treated in the community. > >The capacity to treat more patients is still growing with more staff >appointed and new services and >facilities coming on line. > >We are making progress but we are only three years into a ten-year programme >of change. > >We have a great deal still to do. This will require continued determination >and hard work.