Open AccessAcute General Practice – the 7 year itch
Author(s) -
Ben Jameson
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0450
Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , mandate , argument (complex analysis) , secondary care , service (business) , point of care , general practice , service delivery framework , medical emergency , nursing , family medicine , economy , political science , law , economics
The Acute GP Service has operated in Plymouth for the last 7 years. We have a mandate to improve patient care through supporting community GPs and their patients at the point of need for urgent medical assessment. I outline our service design and delivery and make the argument for the use of primary care physicians to help manage the interface between primary and secondary care.