4. Team around the patient

Question 1

Give an overview of the history of primary care

Answer 1

• 1^o care landscape has evolved
• Shaped by political, cultural and societal shifts
• Primary care is the first point of contact for patients
• Team is shaped by local demand and organisation
• Integrating health and social care brings togetheer many of the professionals involved in long term and complex care.

Question 2

Three constituents of the primary care team

Answer 2

1. Independent contractors
2. The wider primay care team
3. Non-clinical roles

Question 3

What are independent contractors

Answer 3

• GPs
• Community dentists
• Community optometrists
• Community pharmacists

Question 4

Examples of the wider primary care team

Answer 4

• Practice Nurses.
• District Nurses.
• Advanced nurse practitioners.
• Community Mental Health Nurses.
• Health Care Assistants.
• Community Midwives.
• Health visitors.
• Allied Health Professionals.
• Pharmacy technicians.
• Dental workforce.
• Optometry workforce

Question 5

Examples of allied health professions (as part of the wider primary care team)

Answer 5

• Dieticians
• Occupational therapists
• Paramedics
• Physician associates
• Physiotherapists
• Podiatrists
• Radiographers
• Speech and language therapists

Question 6

Examples of non-clinical roles

Answer 6

• Practice managers
• Practice admin staff
• Care managers
• Social workers
• Community link workers

Question 7

Summarise modern general practice

Answer 7

• The community team around the patient
• Multidisciplinary
• Roles changing
• Roles developing and expanding
• Innovation
• New models of care