If we are to achieve the clinical and economic benefits of primary care and care continuity, the implementation and evaluation of strategies that reward clinicians and patients are warranted. Recent ...

Claims-based and patient-reported continuity measures have distinct effects on subjective and objective outcomes. A claims-based continuity indicator may be a unique dimension of care continuity.

Continuity of care has traditionally been easy to define – patients being able to see the same GP each time they attend the practice. There is a wealth of evidence that shows continuity of care leads ...

Researchers from the Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) at the University of Bristol have launched a new ‘Bristol Continuity of Care Calculator’ to help general practices measure their continuity ...

It should be easy — stop working and go play. But it’s not. We live in a work-driven culture, and so work is in our DNA and retirement is antithetical to who we are. Social scientists have come up ...

Fewer GP appointments and the COVID lockdown have exacerbated declining continuity of care in English general practices. A lack of available appointments and the aftermath of the COVID pandemic have ...

Hilary Estall MBCI, IRCA BCMS Lead Auditor is a business continuity practitioner and seasoned management system Lead Auditor. Following the recent publication of ISO/TS 22332:2021 Hilary offers her ...