The NHS: Busting the myths

"The NHS Confederation is publishing a series of myth busters, which challenge common misconceptions and enrich the debates on topical, sometimes controversial, issues regarding our health and care." These are the first three:

• Primary care in the NHS 
• Competition in the NHS 
• NHS Managers

Patients's expectations about primary care physicians' practices

"Patients are generally highly satisfied with their PCP. They have a wide range of expectations which should be taken into account when considering potential improvements."

What are patients' expectations about the organization of their primary care physicians' practices?
P Sebo, FR Herrman, P Bovier, DM Haller
BMC Health Services Research, 2015, 15:328

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Primary care quality improvement from a practice facilitator's perspective

"Practice facilitation has been pivotal in materializing the transformation in the way primary care practices deliver care."

Primary care quality improvement from a practice facilitator's perspective
CE Liddy, V Blazhko, M Dingwall, J Singh, WE Hogg
BMC Family Practice, 2014, 15:23

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GPs’ perspectives on the management of patients with multimorbidity

"This systematic review shows that the problem areas for GPs in the management of multimorbidity may be classified into four domains. There will be no ‘one size fits all’ intervention for multimorbidity but these domains may be useful targets to guide the development of interventions that will assist and improve the provision of care to multimorbid patients."

GPs’ perspectives on the management of patients with multimorbidity: systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research
C Sinnott, S McHugh, J Browne, C Bradley
BMJ Open, 2013: e003610

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Relationship between quality of care and choice of clinical computing system

"Clinical computing systems have been promoted as a means to improve the quality of healthcare, holding advantages over paper-based systems of improved data recording, integration and accessibility."

Relationship between quality of care and choice of clinical computing system: retrospective analysis of family practice performance under the UK's quality and outcomes framework
E Kontopantelis, I Buchan, D Reeves, K Checkland, T Doran
BMJ Open, 2013, 3:e003190

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Commissioning a good child health service

"This guide sets out for these important stakeholders a shared vision developed with GPs, paediatricians and children’s nurses of what a good children’s health service looks like from a primary care perspective."

Commissioning a good child health service
CIRC - Clinical Innovation and Research Centre
Royal College of General Practitioners
April 2013

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Read a summary from the Commissioning Elf here.

Reclaiming a population health perspective

"The report, which was written by the Nuffield Trust, commissioned by the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), examines the arguments for encouraging and enabling general practices to take a much more proactive role in improving the health and wellbeing of their local populations, as well as their individual patients."

Reclaiming a population health perspective
R Thorlby
Nuffield Trust
April 2013

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Effectiveness of computer reminders for improving quality assessment

"Thus, computer reminders seem to be useful for supporting the implementation of relatively simple procedures for quality and safety."

The effectiveness of computer reminders for improving quality assessment for point-of-care testing in general practice---a randomized controlled trial
M Brostrom Kousgaard, V Siersma, S Reventlow, R Ertmann, P Felding, F Boch Waldorff
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:47

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Patients' experience and satisfaction with GP led walk-in centres in the UK

"The GP led walk-in centres increased access to GP care and most of the patients were satisfied with the service."

Patients' experience and satisfaction with GP led walk-in centres in the UK; a cross sectional study
M Arain, J Nicholl, M Campbell
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:142

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Working with communities, developing communities

"This report sets out the background and evidence for the mutual benefits that Community Development can bring for local citizens, primary care practitioners and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)."

Working with communities, developing communities: guidance for primary care
Royal College of General Practitioners
March 2013

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