RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Health care units: an extended alternative to the Cumberlege proposals
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 507
OP 509
VO 37
IS 304
A1 E.I. Williams
A1 A.D. Wilson
YR 1987
UL http://bjgp.org/content/37/304/507.abstract
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.