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By Klinik Healthcare Solutions CEO Petteri Hirvonen MD General practice is being asked to provide even more healthcare services, putting even more pressure on the primary care workforce. Finland’s approach to nurse-led primary care is providing a potential answer to the workload burden for some practices in the UK, says Klinik Healthcare Solutions CEO Petteri Hirvonen MD. Managing demand is a huge challenge for general practice across the globe, and h...

Partnership between Huisartsen van Nederland (HvNL) and Klinik Healthcare Solutions to increase capacity, cut costs and enhance patient experience for GPs across the Netherlands. Dutch GPs can better face growing demand and provide a better patient experience through a new partnership between a GP-led solution provider and Europe’s rising patient flow and online triage management specialists. Huisartsen van Nederland (HvNL) and Finland’s Klinik Health...

Responses to our latest poll indicate that the Additional Roles Recruitment Scheme (ARRS) is proving a real pain for GPs. ARRS funding looks to broaden healthcare staffing provision in primary care, with roles such as social prescribers and ‘first contact practitioner’ physios. But practices are being asked to recruit roles that some feel don't meet immediate needs, and to do this at one of their busiest times ever. “The problem has been the restricti...

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...