Community care and general practice

Maternity care in general practice.

General practitioners are essential providers of maternity care, particularly in rural and remote locations T hroughout the world, the role of general practitioners in maternity care is changing and being redefined. Over 10 years ago, a decline in GP-led obstetric care in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand was noted, and this trend appears to have continued. 1,2 There were 481 GP ...

Outcomes in Community Care Practice

Mental health care professionals and general practice

psychological distress' suggests that it is in such subgroups of the population that GPs can improve their performance. Work in our own practice also supports the feasibility of the Geriatric Depression Scale for use by practice nurses in screening assessment. However, the use of mental health-screening questionnaires in primary care remains uncommon.2 If there is pressing evidence of underperf...

Attaching community psychiatric nurses to general practice.

A scheme for attachment of psychiatric nurses from hospital to group practice in Oxford is described. One community psychiatric nurse can work satisfactorily with eight general practitioners covering a population of about 18,000. From analysis of a working year, it is concluded that this arrangement improves the care of patients in the community by providing psychiatric help at times when it wa...

Diabetes care in Dutch general practice

Aim: To compare the adherence to clinical guidelines by GPs as registered and glycaemic control in Turkish and Dutch type 2 diabetes patients. Design: A retrospective cohort study. Search of general practice medical records for diabetesrelated variables of Turkish and Dutch diabetes patients, stratified for age and gender. Setting: Seventeen general practices (37 GPs) in the inner city of Rotte...