The future of NHS primary care should focus on integration not fragmentation

• Published in: BMJ (Online) Vol. 385; p. q1087
• Main Authors: Chan, See Chai Carol, Wright, Rebecca, Majeed, Azeem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 14.05.2024; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Chronic illnesses; Collaboration; Continuity of care; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - organization & administration; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - trends; Forecasting; Health care; Health care access; Humans; Integrated delivery systems; Long term health care; Opinion; Patient satisfaction; Patients; Primary care; Primary Health Care - organization & administration; Primary Health Care - trends; State Medicine - organization & administration; Teams; United Kingdom; Workloads; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; England

The aim is to allow general practitioners (GPs) to primarily focus on the latter group of patients.12 While this approach appears superficially to be a rational solution to manage escalating workload in general practice by diverting some patients to be managed elsewhere, it also raises substantial c...