[EQ] The Future Direction of General Practice - A roadmap

         The Future Direction of General Practice - A roadmap

The Royal College of General Practitioners, London - September 2007 (UK)

Available online PDF [84p.] at: http://www.rcgp.org.uk/PDF/Roadmap_embargoed%2011am%2013%20Sept.pdf

".....This sets out a vision for patient services in primary care in the 21^st century. The roadmap provides a blue print for the delivery of services to patients and firmly establishes the discipline of family medicine. It shows how primary care can be scaled up by GPs to bring about major advances in clinical care using a new model of care and sets out a world-class vision for tackling crucial issues such as health inequalities and access...."

"....The status quo is not sustainable. Fragmentation of care, health inequalities and urgent care must be addressed. Furthermore, if we are to meet the health needs of patients over the coming years, we will need to bring about a radical change in the quality, organisation and delivery of services..."
 

Content:

I Executive summary

1. Introduction
2. General practice in a changing world

II How can we serve patients better?

3. The nature and values of general practice
4. Improving the organisation of primary care
5. Providing a greater range of services and diagnostics in primary care
6. Improving access and continuity of care
7. Developing stronger integrated primary healthcare teams
8. Developing the functions of general practice-based care
9. Making the best use of GPs’ skills

III Bringing it all together: how do we get there?

10. The future model of care: enabling the exceptional potential of primary care Appendices

 

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