PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E.I. Williams
AU  - A.D. Wilson
TI  - Health care units: an extended alternative to the Cumberlege proposals
DP  - 1987 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 507--509
VI  - 37
IP  - 304
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/37/304/507.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/37/304/507.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1987 Nov 01; 37
AB  - The proposals of the Cumberlege report are reviewed as they relate to general practitioners and the effectiveness of the primary health care team. An alternative proposal is described which uses combined general practitioner lists rather than a neighbourhood boundary to define the population served by a `health care unit'. This would be the basis for both general practitioner and nursing care, and would allow effective multidisciplinary teamwork, as well as encouraging cooperation between general practices and the development of community general practice.