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Sarah Deeny is one of the authors of a briefing by the Health Foundation called “Reducing hospital admissions by improving continuity of care in general practice”. In this podcast she tells Ben about how the research was conducted, what it reveals about continuity of care in general practice and what it means for patients and practices.

Show Notes

How did the research come about? (1min 01secs)

Higher continuity of care leads to fewer hospital admissions (2min 06secs)

Measuring continuity of care (2min 38secs)

Explaining the link (3mins 10secs)

Is continuity of care necessary for everyone? (3mins 49secs)

Identifying the cohort (4mins 15secs)

The impact of the Accountable GP (4mins 38secs)

Why did the policy not have an affect (5mins 12secs)

Continuity getting worse because of recruitment crisis (6mins)

Practice size and its impact on continuity (7mins 05secs)

Other clinical roles and continuity (7mins 55secs)

Focussing on the cohort for whom continuity matters (8mins 49secs)

Elderly patients with complex needs and other cohorts of patients (10mins 38secs)

Continuity against access (12mins 05secs)

Continuity reduced by increased access (12mins 58secs)

Practices improving continuity of care (13mins 24secs)

Practices measuring their own continuity (14mins 16secs)

Change at a commissioner level (15mins 23secs)

National policy (16mins)

Finding the briefing paper (16mins 24secs)

You can find the briefing paper here on the Health Foundation website