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Letters Continuity of care in general practice

Policy makers need to strengthen continuity of care

BMJ 2017; 356 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j1133 (Published 03 March 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;356:j1133
  1. Luke Sayers, GP
  1. The Health Centre, Whitley Road, Whitley Bay NE26 2ND, UK
  1. luke.sayers{at}doctors.org.uk

We continue to operate a personalised list service at our practice. We think that continuity of care improves patient outcomes. Yet local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) leaders think that this model is outdated, expensive, and leads to more admissions.

This is simply not true. Despite having a larger than average elderly …

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