2023-05-09 13:11:27
The Primary Care Recovery Plan aims to renew the services of family doctors by transferring part of their work to other sections of the health services
The pharmacies of England They will be able to offer primary care and prescribe certain drugs to patients, according to a new plan announced this Tuesday by the Government of Rishi Sunak with the aim of alleviating the current pressure on GPs.
As detailed by the Executive in a statement, as part of this initiative, patients will be asked to go to pharmacies to obtain prescriptions for some common drugs, including antibiotics, and to undergo routine testsin order to relax the pressure that currently falls on the doctors.
public health agency NHS England He maintains that this new plan will free up to 15 million medical appointments in the next two years, which represents 2% of the total.
The call Primary Care Recovery Plan It intends to renew the services of family doctors by transferring part of their work to other sections of the health services.
Pharmacies will be able to prescribe drugs to treat a number of ailments: earaches, sore throats, sinusitis, impetigo, herpes, infected insect bites, and urinary tract infections in women, as long as there are no complications.
will also be prescribed birth control pills in pharmacies without having to go through a doctor’s office first, while patients can self-refer to specialists such as physiotherapists or podiatrists.
The CEO of that body, Amanda Pritchardindicated that pharmaceutical services will receive a game of 645 million pounds (742 million euros) in the next two years to boost staff and resources.
“We are already seeing half a million more patients a week in GP offices than before the pandemic,” Pritchard told local media. “We know we have to go further to expand services and transform the way we provide care,” he added.
According to this program, to relax the current system that obliges the patient to call his clinic at 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT) to request a medical appointment on the same day, the medical centers will receive 240 million pounds (275 million euros) destined to modernize and be able to attend the multiple calls.
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