TY - JOUR T1 - September Focus JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 649 LP - 649 VL - 54 IS - 506 AU - David Jewell Y1 - 2004/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/54/506/649.abstract N2 - APOLOGIES once again to our international readership, but the focus this month, once again, starts with domestic matters. It's about the change in the infant immunisation schedule, from triple plus Hib and oral polio to the five-in-one injection. By the time the September BJGP comes out it will be old news, but at the time of writing it's very fresh in the memory. On page 727 Neville Goodman discusses the inept management of the announcement. The sequence of leak, press chase, Department of Health (DoH) rejection of scare stories, followed a few days later by the arrival of the Chief Medical Officer's official letter to GPs gave us all a few innocent laughs at the expense of the Department. There was the added advantage that those of us who had been following the news didn't need to read the CMO's letter. Goodman puts it down to the DoH having no alternative strategy in place.But wait … ER -