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Named GP and continuity of care
Having a named doctor in general practice is not enough to improve continuity of care
BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6106 (Published 24 October 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l6106
- Denis Pereira Gray, consultant1,
- Kate Sidaway-Lee, research fellow1,
- Philip Evans, consultant and associate professor12,
- Alex Harding, managing partner and associate professor12
- 1St Leonard’s Research Practice, Exeter EX1 1SB, UK
- 2University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- denis.pereiragray{at}btinternet.com
Mahase reports on research by Tammes and colleagues showing that having named doctors in general practice is not effective.12 This is not surprising, as without further interventions it remains an administrative process only.
Simply allocating the name of a GP to patients, as general practices are required to do by contract, does nothing to …
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