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GPs should be given more powers to coordinate care in the NHS, a think-tank is suggesting, in what would be yet another upheaval of the health service.
After the early years of the coalition government were overshadowed by changes which gave GPs more commissioning powers, the King's Fund has now said more reforms are needed to help the NHS cope with Britain's ageing population.
It is proposing 'family care networks' centred around GP surgeries doing more as providers as well as coordinating care.
The attempt to move care delivery closer to people's homes could be backed by Labour, which is seeking to foster closer relationships between public service users and those providing them.
http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2014/02/19/and-now-another-big-proposal-for-nhs-reform
After the early years of the coalition government were overshadowed by changes which gave GPs more commissioning powers, the King's Fund has now said more reforms are needed to help the NHS cope with Britain's ageing population.
It is proposing 'family care networks' centred around GP surgeries doing more as providers as well as coordinating care.
The attempt to move care delivery closer to people's homes could be backed by Labour, which is seeking to foster closer relationships between public service users and those providing them.
http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2014/02/19/and-now-another-big-proposal-for-nhs-reform