November 9, 2020

The challenges facing general practice: Urgent help required

klinik_health_dev / November 9, 2020

High demand, bureaucracy, and recruiting to additional roles are just some of the factors taking a drastic toll on general practice, according to the discussion around the challenges facing primary care. There is a way forward, and practices across the UK and Ireland are addressing many of the issues being faced. Responses to our latest poll indicate that GPs need urgent help if they are to cope with the second wave of the pandemic. We asked GP surger…

"We understand our patients like never before. We now have data on the true demand we face in general practice. We have the tools to share that workload across the whole primary care network."

"Now we know what the demand is, we can see what changes need to be made, and we can manage expectation and optimise the journey for every patient. We can assign the right level of resources to deal with the enquiry, and use the most expensive resource where it’s most effective."

"We understand our patients like never before. We now have data on the true demand we face in general practice. We have the tools to share that workload across the whole primary care network."