title: Vantage point.
abstract: IT SOUNDS a bit like Monty Python's 'dead parrot' sketch. From December, community health councils (CHCs) will be defunct, they will be ex-CHCs, they will be gone to meet their maker.
authors.affiliation: Nursing at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, Kent.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kay