Footnotes

• David Hart has been Poet in Residence for the South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust, a day a week for a year. Stewart W Mercer is a General Practitioner and Research Fellow, Department of General Practice, University of Glasgow Rebecca Ship is a GP in Bradford. Gillie Bolton, Editor of Opening the word hoard, is Writer and Research Fellow in Medical Humanities, University of Sheffield Institute of General Practice and Primary Care, Community Sciences Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU. email: g.bolton{at}sheffield.ac.uk