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| Who pays for community care? | | Author(s) | Patricia Ramdhanie |
| Journal title | Registered Homes, vol 1, no 8, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 85-87 |
| Keywords | General practice ; Community care ; Finance [care]. |
| Annotation | On 6th November 1996, the General Medical Services Committee (GMSC) of the British Medical Association (BMA) published a strategic document, `Core services: taking the initiative'. It was sent to every general practitioner in the country, to advise them on the way they can safely extend the services offered to patients. The document identifies `core services' which GPs are obliged to provide under their terms of service, and a wide range of `non-core' services which they can legitimately decide whether or not to provide - which this article outlines. Of particular concern is that `medical care of highly dependent patients living in the community, often in nursing or residential homes' has been identified as `non-core'. The consequences of community care and NHS reforms following implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 make it difficult to see how costs of the care of a highly dependent sector can be adequately resourced. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980423227 A |
| Classmark | L5: PA: QC |
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