Background Primary care networks are groups of general practices brought together in July
2019 to hold shared budgets and develop new services in response to NHS England (now …

Population aging, rapidly increasing costs of healthcare and the growing burden of chronic
disease are challenges to health systems worldwide. To meet these challenges will require …

This is the concise, accessible guide for students and practitioners who want a
comprehensive introduction to health and social care. Engaging practical features, such as …

Background New Zealand's health system has long been seen as providing highly
fragmented, poorly co-ordinated services to service users. A continuing policy challenge has …

Executive summary General practice in England is under significant strain, with many GPs
and their teams caught on a treadmill of trying to meet pressures, while lacking time to reflect …

The 2012 Health and Social Care Act, introduced by the coalition government, has been
seen as fundamentally changing the form and content of publicly funded health care …

Objectives Primary care networks (PCNs) were introduced in the National Health Service
(NHS) in England in 2019 to improve integrated care for patients and help address financial …

Objectives Develop predictive models using an administrative healthcare database that
provide information for Patient-Centred Medical Homes to proactively identify patients at risk …

The English NHS is unusual in its continuing faith in primary care based organisations to
carry out effective purchasing of healthcare services. The latest incarnation of this approach …

Background: There is an increasing emphasis on the importance of comprehensive primary
healthcare (CPHC) in improving population health and health equity. There is, therefore, a …