title: The need to unite.
abstract: Why is there still no national neonatal screening programme? Why has the government failed to issue specific guidelines concerning the management of sickle cell? Why do sicklers still have to pay prescription charges? Why are counsellors living on shoestring funding, unable to plan for the medium and long term?
authors.affiliation: Unit in Oxford.
authors.forename: Merry
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: France-Dawson