New review sets out action to improve patient access to primary care

New review sets out action to improve patient access to primary care Neighbourhood teams must be central to improving access to primary care for patients, a new review has said today.

The teams, evolving from Primary Care Networks, should bring together general practice with other parts of the health and care system to improve access and offer regular support to those with complex needs such as elderly people or those with long-term conditions. NHS England

See also:

• Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller Stocktake report NHS England
• Fuller sets a welcome vision for integrated primary care, but core general practice is in desperate need of support The Health Foundation
• On the day briefing: The Fuller stocktake report - next steps for integrating primary care NHS Providers
• The Fuller Stocktake report: a moment of opportunity? Richmond Group of Charities
• RCGP response to Fuller Stocktake on integrating primary care Royal College of General Practitioners
• Patients must have access to same day GP appointments, says NHS review The Daily Telegraph
• New neighbourhood teams would improve patient access to GPs and NHS, report says Evening Standard
• PCNs should evolve into 'integrated neighbourhood teams', says Fuller review GPonline
• New neighbourhood teams would improve patient access to GPs and NHS, report says The Independent