BACKGROUND: Within the context of general practice, continuity of care creates an opportunity
for a personal doctor-patient relationship to develop which has been associated with …

Patients are increasingly seen by an array of providers in a wide variety of organisations and
places, raising concerns about fragmentation of care. Policy reports and charters worldwide …

Objectives: To measure quality of care at general practice consultations in diverse geographical
areas, and to determine the principal correlates associated with enablement as an …

… George K Freeman, visiting professor of general practice3, … Boulton M, Tarrant C,
Windridge K, Baker R, Freeman G. How are different types of continuity achieved? a mixed …

PURPOSE Continuity of care among different clinicians refers to consistent and coherent
care management and good measures are needed. We conducted a metasummary of …

Background A 2018 review into continuity of care with doctors in primary and secondary care
concluded that mortality rates are lower with higher continuity of care. Aim This association …

For a variety of reasons, GPs are working more and more with unfamiliar patients. The
proposed new British GP contract stipulates that in future patients will register with a practice, …

In 1999 Shah1 and others said that the Royal College of General Practitioners should
advocate longer consultations in general practice as a matter of policy. The college set up a …

PURPOSE Patients who regularly see more than one clinician for health problems risk
discontinuity and fragmented care. Our objective was to develop and validate a generic measure …

Background: Service users and providers have stated that delivering continuity of care to
people with severe mental illness should be a service priority. We reviewed literature on …