Patient participation groups could provide huge voluntary support to the NHS
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NHS England has announced more plans for reorganising the NHS.1 Patient participation groups were idea of a doctor in 1972 to support work medical practices much same way as parent teacher associations schools. They slow take off, and even though about 75% general practitioners now sign contractual agreement have them, many people don’t know they exist. The reason this apparent reluctance participate might be that fittest patients run these voluntary are …
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0959-8138']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n279