The report highlights the vascular checks programme as an area where effective coordination and targeting of complementary GP and pharmacist services is needed.
The report recommends that closer working is achieved by creating shared financial incentives which reward both pharmacies and GP practices when they work efficiently together.
Study author Professor David Taylor, from the School of Pharmacy, warned that unless GPs and community pharmacists work together, counter-productive rivalries will leave patient needs unmet and the professionals involved vulnerable.
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GEORGE CALDWELL - 04 July 2009
INDEED.
PAY G.P.S FOR WHAT WORK THEY DO AND THEY WILL BE MUCH HAPPIER, SATISFIED BUNNIES. A SALARY MAN BECOMES A LAZY MAN.
GEORGE CALDWELL - 04 July 2009
Opticians, Dentists, Chemists get paid per item of service given. Is that not so? They are far more content and give service,
G.P.s are now paid a great deal of money \(which they deserve) but they do not open their Surgeries and see patients when they wish to be seen. Pay them for what service they render, item by item and they will work out of hours and at weekends and through the night, for that extra Fee.
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