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The health secretary has announced a new initiative to ?rethink the role of primary care? and remodel it to prevent emergency admissions and A&E attendances in patients with long term conditions, with a number of local ?pioneer sites? due to be announced shortly.
It comes as the BMA called for urgent talks with Jeremy Hunt over claims that the 2004 GP contract was ?disastrous? for the NHS and was to blame for high attendance at A&E departments.
In a speech this afternoon, Jeremy Hunt has said that primary care must return to its ?root purpose? of looking after patients in the community and ensuring they don?t become ill, rather than ?simply acting as a gateway? to hospitals. Click here to read the full speech.
He said that plans would soon be announced for ?local pioneer sites? to lead the way on developing this model of care, with GPs actively supporting patients to management their health.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/commiss...-emergency-care/20002734.article#.UXlhzLW2aSo
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It comes as the BMA called for urgent talks with Jeremy Hunt over claims that the 2004 GP contract was ?disastrous? for the NHS and was to blame for high attendance at A&E departments.
In a speech this afternoon, Jeremy Hunt has said that primary care must return to its ?root purpose? of looking after patients in the community and ensuring they don?t become ill, rather than ?simply acting as a gateway? to hospitals. Click here to read the full speech.
He said that plans would soon be announced for ?local pioneer sites? to lead the way on developing this model of care, with GPs actively supporting patients to management their health.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/commiss...-emergency-care/20002734.article#.UXlhzLW2aSo
(free registration required)