General practice needs ongoing commitment to training budgets

Training for General Practice.

The practice is a two-man training practice with a list of approximately 4,000, mainly in social classes III, IV and V. Over the past five years, 10 trainees have been attached to the practice, each for a period of six months. Three of the trainees have been women. Two hundred and fifty-eight patients who visited the surgery in a two-week period were asked by the receptionist to complete a ques...

Training for general practice.

General practice Unified budgets for primary care groups

In April 1999 major changes will start to take place in the organisation and delivery of health services in England. 2 For general practitioners, the most important changes will be the formation of primary care groups and the implementation of unified, cash limited budgets for health services. How will current methods of allocating NHS budgets in England change, and what can be learnt from expe...

Setting budgets for general practice in the new NHS.

The introduction of unified budgets for primary care groups will have major implications for general practitioners. Key objectives for primary care groups will include greater interpractice working, improved financial and information systems, and methods of sharing data among practices. For many general practitioners, the most unpopular aspect of the changes will be that they will have to take ...

Situating general practice training in the general practice context.