Conversations around access to general practice often centre on limited measures such as appointment supply and demand. In the UK, although we have seen an increasing number of delivered appointments, there has also been a decrease in patient satisfaction.
Are narrow interpretations of access obscuring what is really happening, and are we capturing what really matters to different patient groups?
00:00 Introduction
03:18 Presentation by Jake Beech
11:40 Presentation by Helen Atherton
20:40 Presentation by Akbar Ansari
27:20 Panel discussion and Q&A
This session is chaired by Carol Sinnott, Senior Clinical Research Associate and GP, THIS Institute.
Panellists include:
• Helen Atherton, Professor of Primary Care Research, University of Southampton
• Jake Beech, Policy Fellow, The Health Foundation
• Akbar Ansari, Research Associate, THIS Institute
• Kath Checkland, Professor of Health Policy and Primary Care, University of Manchester
• Azeem Majeed, Professor of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London
