This book explains how and why the Government's healthcare policies and modernisation programme have had, and will continue to have, a major impact on the lives of individual general medical practitioners. Eminent contributors examine critical features of the modernisation programme, including managing demand, the application of triage and clinical governance, and discuss what patients and doctors can expect in the future, and where the health service is going.

Zusammenfassung
This overview of the NHS Research and Development Programme is written by people who are at the leading edge of its implementation

Inhalt

Part 1: Setting the Scene 1. So what is general practice 2. The world in which we live 3. Professional Regulations 4. Modernisation and New Labour Part 2: The features of modernisation 5. Triage and its application to NHS Direct and walk-in centres 6. Continuing professional development 7. Appraisal 8. Revalidation for clinical general practice 9. Clinical governance 10. Flexible working Part 3: The future 11. What patients expect from their doctor 12. A young doctor s expectations 13. The new GP 14. Conclusion the future and the new GP