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GP appointments lasting 30 minutes should be the norm rather than the exception in order to ?do justice' to patients with multiple complex conditions, says a senior figure at the RCGP.
RCGP honorary secretary Professor Amanda Howe admitted the move to longer appointments needed ?workforce planning', but said it was an inevitable consequence of the shift towards managing a greater proportion of long-term conditions in primary care.
Professor Howe made the claim in an exclusive interview with Pulse that covered extended GP training, women's place in medicine and GP workload and more.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsart...-gp-appointments-should-be-the-norm-says-rcgp
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RCGP honorary secretary Professor Amanda Howe admitted the move to longer appointments needed ?workforce planning', but said it was an inevitable consequence of the shift towards managing a greater proportion of long-term conditions in primary care.
Professor Howe made the claim in an exclusive interview with Pulse that covered extended GP training, women's place in medicine and GP workload and more.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsart...-gp-appointments-should-be-the-norm-says-rcgp
(free registration required)