The community-oriented primary care experience in the United kingdom.
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Abstract
The UK National Health Service has long delivered public health programs through primary care. However, attempts to promote Sidney Kark's model of community-oriented primary care (COPC), based on general practice populations, have made only limited headway. Recent policy developments give COPC new resonance. Currently, primary care trusts are assuming responsibility for improving the health of the populations they serve, and personal medical service pilots are tailoring primary care to local needs under local contracts. COPC has yielded training packages and frameworks that can assist these new organizations in developing public health skills and understanding among a wide range of primary care professionals.
Medical subject headings
- Community Health Planning
- Family Practice
- Health Promotion
- Population Surveillance
- Primary Health Care
- Public Health
- Social Medicine
- State Medicine