New paper from Patrick Burch and colleagues: Will Whittaker Peter Bower KathCheckland “Has the NHS national extended access scheme delivered its policy aims? A case study of two large scale extended access providers" Access it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Children with chest infections are often prescribed antibiotics. However, new research showed that they get little benefit from a commonly-used antibiotic (amoxicillin).evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/antibiot…

As always, #THISspace2023 has been really informative and inspiring! I particularly enjoyed the Lightning Talk by Patrick Burch "The performance of continuity in a fragmented primary care system". Sounds like there are still lots of areas in PC that #humanfactors could support!

Join us at our workshop on ethical issues for academic authors in medicine on 22nd March #BJGPRC rcgp.my.site.com/s/lt-event?id=…

This study presents a model of factors affecting the patient’s experience of continuity of care doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… @patrickburch KathCheckland @bowercpcman Will Whittaker

Patrick Burch KathCheckland Peter Bower Will Whittaker Listen to the audio interview with Dr Patrick Burch on the need for more than just medical notes to provide patients with seamless care in the absence of relational #ContinuityOfCare bjgplife.com/154 Patrick Burch KathCheckland Peter Bower Will Whittaker #PrimaryCare

Brilliant, insightful #primarycare #research from Patrick Burch and UoM Primary Care colleagues exploring how #ContinuityOfCare can be incorporated into #healthcare #systems NIHR School for Primary Care Research PACT - Primary care Academic CollaboraTive SAPC NAPCRG AAAPC Royal College of General Practitioners UoM Biology, Medicine and Health

What have UK general practices done to try and improve continuity of care? Read the results of our scoping review here bjgpopen.org/content/early/… #continuityofcare

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Trial of toolkit intervention to improve continuity in The Netherlands shows no effect. Good baseline continuity. Should they have measured UPC/COC index rather than patient reported continuity? Dr Jon M Dickson Rebecca Rosen shttps://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/5/e078169.full

1/13. Our new paper in BJGP Open reviews the evidence for the delivery of relational continuity of care in general practice in the United Kingdom. We specifically looked at delivery of continuity i.e. what can GP practices do to provide continuity of care to their patients (to

🥳Many congratulations to Dr's: @ekirwin8 Helen Hayes Patrick Burch & Ben Walker who graduated today. A fantastic achievement, well done all! 🥳

Is patient reported continuity associated with better health outcomes? Read our new systemic review. Patient reported measures of continuity of care and health outcomes: a systematic review | BMC Primary Care doi.org/10.1186/s12875… Alex Walter Peter Bower

1/ A natural experiment. A researcher finds 2 general practices willing to take part in a study, organises visits & does interview within 2wks. Then learns we should ask for prior CRN approval. Tries to do things correctly next time. 3 months of bureaucracy later. No interviews.

What is the relationship between the volume and type of appointments in general practice and patient experience? Patrick Burch, William Whittaker and Yiu-Shing Lau bjgp.org/content/early/…

It's me!... on Listen to THIS, the podcast exploring how we can improve the quality and safety of healthcare by THIS Institute . In it I shared insights from my research / fellowship project about ‘Access to primary care and improving systems’ with Sean Manzi and Patrick Burch

Patients who see a GP face to face are more likely to be satisfied with their care, research suggests. A study, published in the British Journal of General Practice, found patient satisfaction was lower at surgeries that relied more both on telephone appointments and

Face-to-face GP appointments linked to higher patient satisfaction manchester.ac.uk/about/news/fac…

Face-to-face GP appointments more important than rapid access for patient satisfaction, says Patrick Burch et al study gponline.com/face-to-face-g… via Nick Bostock

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