Immediate progress in primary care
How can primary care escape from a spiral of decline - a future of staff burn-out and further declines in patient confidence?
In this paper Aiming for Health Success points to a different future: how expansion in the use of new technology can not only improve access, but also free up time for continuity of care. It can also open the way for immediate action on how integrated care can improve outcomes.
by Professor Nick Bosanquet and Andrew Haldenby
Summary:
Greater use of e-consultations can be vital to improved patient experience and health outcomes, as well as clinician productivity and job satisfaction. It can also be a key resource for the second generation challenges of improving care for patients with long term conditions and outcomes for local populations.
In the next five years primary care will have the key leadership role in the expanding range of services closer to home. There could be a new era of local NHS services and achievement.
In 2022, Aiming for Health Success was commissioned by eConsult to produce an independent research paper on the impact of e-consultations at the practice and local health economy levels