1 August 2013

Reinventing general practice

Breaking boundaries: reinventing general practice for the 21st century
Editorial by Prof Chris Drinkwater in British Journal of General Practice, August 2013
  • A consideration of how general practice might be reinvented in the 21st century.
  • "The RCGP and the wider general practice and primary care community should focus on re-thinking primary care provision for the 21st century. This requires change and breaking existing boundaries. The alternative is vertical integration with hospitals as lead providers and clinical commissioning groups left with the unpopular role of rationing demand through managing a local healthcare market"