Friday 3 January 2020

GPs to visit care home patients fortnightly under network requirements

GPs to visit care home patients fortnightly under network requirements GPs will have to carry out visits to care home patients 'at least' every fortnight from this September as part of the delivery of new network service specifications, new proposals have revealed.
According to a draft NHS England document outlining the primary care network service specifications, practices in PCNs will deliver five national services from April 2020 onwards, including enhanced care in residential homes and structured medication reviews.
Plans for services to provide anticipatory care and personalised care must be drawn up by 'no later than June 2020'. Services to support early cancer diagnosis must have a clinical lead in place from April, and during 2020/21 there must be a 'safety netting' approach put in place to monitor patients referred for suspected cancer. Pulse

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