Doctoring deprived areas

Deprived areas: deprived of training?

Health inequalities are a UK-wide health priority, but previous studies prior to expansion in GP training showed a deficit in training numbers in deprived areas. This study set out to examine whether this is still the case, using 2009 training practice data and the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. Training practices were found to be significantly less deprived and significantly larger wh...

Targeting deprived areas within small areas in Scotland: population study.

Anticipatory care in very deprived areas.

Series and diabetes. The cardinal feature of his practice was an unconditional approach to all of the problems presented by his patients, providing continuity and coordination, and using epidemiology to measure what he had and hadn't done. The epidemiology was new, but the interventions were mainstream. As part of the Deep End Project, 20 GPs from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverclyde met to review...

Working with vulnerable families in deprived areas.

Patient encounters in very deprived areas.

Series difficulties in moving beyond reactive patterns of patient and practitioner behaviour. The incentives of the Quality and Outcomes Framework do not reward practitioners for extending consultations beyond a narrow range of targets and the QOF agenda, highlighted via computer alerts, can be felt as an intrusion in the consultation. Current NHS initiatives concerning patient self-help and se...