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The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) just discovered that patients with multimorbidity need longer GP consultations.(1)
The RCGP report with its subtitle “a vision for general practice”, its 52 references and its 20 pages was the minimum to bring into light such a truism which brilliantly concludes a 3 years mandate.(http://www.rcgp.org.uk/-/media/Files/Policy/A-Z-policy/RCGP-Responding-t...)
The bar is now set very high for Helen Stokes-Lampard, the new chair of the RCGP.
1 Wise J. Patients with multimorbidity need longer GP consultations, says RCGP. BMJ 2016;355:i5961
Stating the obvious: The Royal College of General Practitioners and Self-Evident Medicine
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) just discovered that patients with multimorbidity need longer GP consultations.(1)
The RCGP report with its subtitle “a vision for general practice”, its 52 references and its 20 pages was the minimum to bring into light such a truism which brilliantly concludes a 3 years mandate.(http://www.rcgp.org.uk/-/media/Files/Policy/A-Z-policy/RCGP-Responding-t...)
The bar is now set very high for Helen Stokes-Lampard, the new chair of the RCGP.
1 Wise J. Patients with multimorbidity need longer GP consultations, says RCGP. BMJ 2016;355:i5961
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