GP funding formula masks major inequalities for practices in 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...

Challenges of Physicians Working Long in Deprived Areas in Iran

Background and Aim: Implementation of a program to support physicians’ working long in deprived areas is one of the most important programs of the Health System Transformation Plan in response to the challenge of the shortage of expert staff, particularly physicians. Numerous factors affect the persistence of physicians in different regions, especially in deprived ones. This study aims to expla...

Inequalities in cycle helmet use: cross sectional survey in schools in deprived areas of Nottingham.

AIMS To describe cycle helmet owning and wearing among children in a deprived area and to investigate the association between helmet ownership and wearing and socioeconomic deprivation. METHODS Cross sectional survey in 28 primary schools in deprived areas of Nottingham; 1061 year 5 schoolchildren were studied. RESULTS All year 5 children attending school on the day of the survey completed ...

Overall quality of outcomes framework scores lower in practices in deprived areas.

BACKGROUND There has been much debate as to whether quality points allocated through the new general medical services contract are more difficult to achieve for practices in deprived and rural areas. We used multiple regression to assess the relationships between deprivation, rurality and the number of overall quality points achieved by each practice. Multiple deprivation was significantly inve...

Physician retention in deprived areas: a letter to the editor