A ‘modern vision’ needed to ‘take patients with us’ in primary care
Primary care is the ‘bedrock of the NHS’, but a ‘modern vision’ is needed to meet new demands, delegates at the NHS Confederation Expo heard today.
NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard warned that the NHS ‘needs to grow,’ with primary care being central to the successful development of the NHS.
She said ‘we are making progress’ with more clinical staff working in surgeries to ‘manage the new demands from society,’ including clinical pharmacists, and recently, the appointment of the ‘first ever