TY - JOUR T1 - Yonder: Home visits, dentists’ wellbeing, child mental health, and BetterBack JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 510 LP - 510 DO - 10.3399/bjgp21X717545 VL - 71 IS - 712 AU - Ahmed Rashid Y1 - 2021/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/71/712/510.abstract N2 - Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literatureBroadening the primary care workforce to reduce demand on GPs has been a clear policy target in the NHS for some years now, with mixed results. Planned and unscheduled home visits place demand on GP time, and it has been suggested that paramedics, who are accustomed to assessing patients in their own homes, could be ideally placed for primary care home visiting. A recent study in Northern England examined three practices that piloted such a service, finding that it was broadly perceived as positive by patients and clinicians.1 Initial reservations by patients and GPs were overcome by the expertise and interpersonal skills of these ‘emergency care practitioners’, and the authors … ER -