2023
DOI: 10.37829/hf-2023-p12
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Stressed and overworked: What the Commonwealth Fund’s 2022 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 10 Countries means for the UK

Abstract: for their contributions and comments. We would also like to thank Sean Agass, Tatjana Cvijanovic, Pete Stillwell, Billie Morgan and Alex Boyle from our editorial and communications team. Thanks also to our external peer reviewers Prof Kath Checkland and Dr Rebecca Rosen for their comments on an earlier draft.We are grateful to colleagues at the Commonwealth Fund and SSRS for their work in conducting the survey.

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“…A reduction in administrative burden and an improvement in the communication skills of GP could increase the average time dedicated to visiting and the quality of listening to patients; at the same time, the use of tools such as the teleconsultation and the digitalized medical record shared among all the professionals involved could facilitate their interaction increasing the effectiveness of health care action. [6][7][8][9]…”
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confidence: 99%
“…A reduction in administrative burden and an improvement in the communication skills of GP could increase the average time dedicated to visiting and the quality of listening to patients; at the same time, the use of tools such as the teleconsultation and the digitalized medical record shared among all the professionals involved could facilitate their interaction increasing the effectiveness of health care action. [6][7][8][9]…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Increasing demand on UK EDs is multifactorial including an ageing society with increasing multimorbidity, 29 a reduction in the number of community GPs coping with an increasing workload, 30 inadequate social care preventing hospital discharge for medically fit patients causing 'exit block' 31 and the impact on the general health and social care workforce following the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit. 32 Internationally, GP-ED service models have been introduced to address increasing ED attendances.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Such an approach could take advantage of two key strengths of UK primary care. The first is the excellence of general practice data routinely collected by the NHS and high levels of GP data literacy1 Although security concerns, incompatible and outdated IT systems, lack of training in data coding and entry, and insufficient administrative and data analytics support will all need to be resolved,10 general practice data represent a key asset for improvement efforts. The second is the practice cluster and network infrastructure now in place in all four countries of the UK, which provides a way of coordinating and supporting improvement at scale 1112…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The Health Foundation’s report on the Commonwealth Fund’s 2022 international health policy survey of primary care physicians in 10 countries makes for sobering reading. 1 Illustrating some worrying trends, its standout findings include rising workloads, higher levels of burnout, and worsening job satisfaction. Strikingly, UK general practitioners score lowest of all countries in terms of satisfaction with the amount of time they spend with patients.…”
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confidence: 99%