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Don't slip through the net
  1. R Al-Shahi1,
  2. C Kennard2
  1. 1Web Editor, JNNP, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; rustam.al-shahi@ed.ac.uk
  2. 2Editor, JNNP, Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Place Road, London W6 8RF, UK; c.kennard@ic.ac.uk

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