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Intermediate care and general practitioners: an uncertain relationship
— guest editorial | | Author(s) | A Wilson, H Parker |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 11, no 2, March 2003 |
| Pages | pp 81-84 |
| Keywords | Rehabilitation ; Aftercare ; Attitude ; General practitioners. |
| Annotation | The National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) emphasises that intermediate care services need to be integrated across services, including primary care. It suggests overall planning based on health authority boundaries, with service delivery organised locally, as agreed by primary care trusts (PCTs), health authorities and councils. This editorial discusses the attitudes of general practitioners (GPs) to intermediate care, GPs' use of intermediate care, how intermediate care impinges on GPs' workload, and the quality of medical care in intermediate care. It concludes that the provision of medical care by GPs to intermediate care schemes is at risk of becoming their weakest link, and that GPs' workload should be monitored. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030319201 A |
| Classmark | LM: LN: DP: QT6 |
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