There is a new call today for the special relationship between patients and family doctors to be preserved in any developments in primary care. In an editorial published today in the “British Journal of General Practice” Dr Mayur Lakhani, Chairman of the Royal College of GPs, says new policies should build on the strengths and values of general practice.Dr Lakhani writes about the Department of Health’s White Paper on care outside hospitals, which is expected to be produced later this year or early in 2006, and outlines the issues the Royal College will bring to the attention of the Secretary of State for Health to try to influence and shape the White Paper.
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