We're still great for continuity

doi:10.1136/bmj.39254.920706.1F

BMJ 2007;334:1336 (30 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39254.920706.1F

Letters

What about the GPs?

We're still great for continuity

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I was saddened, but not surprised, to see no mention of primarycare in the editorial on transition of care in children withchronic disease.¹ In the United Kingdom, young people with chronicdiseases are likely to have a general practitioner. Over thecourse of their life that doctor will have received numerousletters about their care and plans. These can be, and shouldbe, educational. When dedicated paediatric care is no longerneeded, adult expert clinics are needed, but so are day to daycare and acute management of disease complications. Althoughthe current organisation, after the new contract, of generalpractitioner care is less easy to navigate for patients, thereshould be a familiar face of someone who knows this group ofpatients and their illness.