An ageing population, cuts in social services, a fall in the number of GPs, younger GPs looking to work fewer hours, practice closures etc – is it time to start thinking outside the box?
A practice in West London has done exactly that! Having recently acquired another practice, but unable to recruit GPs to run it, the partners have come up with an innovative solution – a pharmacy led general practice model. The practice, which was previously run by locums, will be now be led by 5 experience pharmacists and 2 salaried GPs.
To read more on this via a Pulse article please click here.
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