Factors affecting decisions to extend access to primary care: results of a qualitative evaluation of general practitioners' views.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To report general practitioners' (GPs') views and experiences of an Enhanced Primary Care programme (EPCP) funded as part of the Prime Minister's Challenge Fund (second wave) for England which aimed to extend patient access to primary care. SETTING:Primary care in Sheffield, England. PARTICIPANTS:Semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of GPs working in 24 practices across the city. RESULTS:Four core themes were derived: GPs' receptivity to the aims of the EPCP, their capacity to support integrated care teams, their capacity to manage urgent care and the value of some new community-based schemes to enhance locality-based primary care. GPs were aware of the policy initiatives associated with out-of-hours access that aimed to reduce emergency department and hospital adm

SUBMITTER: Fowler Davis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855197 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature