GPs in Wiltshire are working on a plan to bring care closer to people’s home rather than sending them to hospital.
Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which took over planning
and buying health services from NHS Wiltshire in April, is going to
have teams of health professionals and social carers working with
particular GP practices to provide services to populations of 20,000
people.
At last Tuesday's annual meeting of the CCG, Dr Simon Burrell, a GP in
Corsham and chairman of North and East Wiltshire group of GPs, said:
“We want to make sure the patient is at the centre of what we do. We are
creating a single bunch of people in a locality to look after you.
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