The future of primary care: Creating teams for tomorrow

"Building new models of care needs to be done equitably. Some of the most deprived areas of the country have the greatest recruitment problems, the biggest resource challenges and the greatest health need. First-class primary healthcare must be available in all parts of the NHS."

The future of primary care: Creating teams for tomorrow
Primary Care Workforce Commission
July 2015

Read more here.

What are the safety risks for patients undergoing treatment by multiple specialties

"More research is needed to gain insight into the underlying causes of inadequate care when multiple specialties are required to treat a patient."

What are the safety risks for patients undergoing treatment by multiple specialties: a retrospective patient record review study
RJ Baines, MC de Bruijne, M Langelaan, C Wagner
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:497

Read more here.

Barriers and facilitators to implement shared decision making in multidisciplinary sciatica care

This paper identified new barriers and facilitators for shared decision-making in the multidisciplinary care of sciatica and proposes that an effective implementation of SDM in a multidisciplinary setting should focus on these.

Barriers and facilitators to implement shared decision making in multidisciplinary sciatica care: a qualitative study
SN Hofstede, PJ de Mheen, MM Wentink, AM Stiggelbout, CLA Vleggeert-Lankamp, TPM Vlieland, L van Bodegom-Vos
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:95

Read more here.