GP CONTINUITY 'CAN CUT A&E TRIPS'
People who see the same family doctor on every visit to the GP 外科 are いっそう少なく likely to 捜し出す help in an A&E department, 専門家s have said.
Having "連続 of care" at a GP practice could help to 減ずる the extreme 需要・要求する which is 現在／一般に 直面するing 緊急 departments, 研究員s said.
The 最新の 人物／姿／数字s from NHS England show that major A&E departments failed to 会合，会う the four-hour admission to 治療 or 移転 的 for 52 weeks running.
専門家s from the University of Bristol, with the universities of Manchester, Oxford and University College London, said that 出席s could be 減ずるd if 患者s were able to see the same family doctor.
Their 分析, published in the 定期刊行物 BMJ Open, 診察するd 44 熟考する／考慮するs on 緊急 admissions and 設立する a number of factors which could help 減ずる the 増加するing tide of 患者s walking through A&E department doors.
同様に as having 連続 of care, 患者s who have easier 接近 to their GPs are いっそう少なく likely to 要求する 緊急 care, they 設立する.
Their 報告（する）／憶測 recommends that 患者s 含むing the 年輩の, those from poorer backgrounds and people who have 多重の 条件s should be 的d to see the same GP on each visit.
"A 最近の 報告（する）／憶測 by The King's 基金 示唆するd that admissions の中で people with long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 条件s that could have been managed in 最初の／主要な care cost the NHS £1.42 billion per year," said lead author Dr Alyson Huntley, 研究 fellow at the University of Bristol.
"This could be 減ずるd by up to 18% through 投資する ment in 最初の／主要な and community-based services.
"Our work has shown that 供給するing 連続 of care and making it easier for 患者s to get 接近 to their GP can help 達成する this 削減 in unplanned admissions and 緊急 department 出席."
Professor Jonathan Benger, 国家の 臨床の director for 緊急の care at NHS England, said: "There is a 井戸／弁護士席-recognised need to 改善する 緊急の care in England. This 報告（する）／憶測 will help to 知らせる both commissioners and providers of care regarding the 関係 between general practice, 事故 and 緊急 department 出席 and 緊急 hospital admission.
"The 報告（する）／憶測's findings are 反映するd in the changes 提案するd by the 現在進行中の review of 緊急の and 緊急 care, led by NHS England's 医療の Director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh."
