General Practitioners at the Deep End: The Experience and Views of General Practitioners Working in the Most Severely Deprived Areas of Scotland

Watt, G., Brown, G., Budd, J., Cawston, P., Craig, M., Jamieson, R., Langridge, S., Lyon, A., Mercer, S.W. , Morton, C., Mullin, A., O'Neil, J., Paterson, E., Sambale, P. and Williamson, A.E. (2012) General Practitioners at the Deep End: The Experience and Views of General Practitioners Working in the Most Severely Deprived Areas of Scotland. Royal College of General Practitioners: London, UK. ISBN 9780850843385

Abstract

General Practitioners at the Deep End, by Prof. Graham Watt, is the latest in the College's Occasional Papers series. This important paper looks at the work of front-line GPs in the 100 most deprived practice populations in Scotland. Although offering no short-term solutions to the problem of health inequality in deprived areas, the paper gives a raft of measures to break through the barriers created by, first, the inverse care law and, second, the dysfunctional links between practices and other services. <p></p> This seminal paper has vital messages for primary care in the UK and globally, and should form the basis of discussion of the future of primary care for primary care teams, Associates-in-Training and politicians.

• Item Type: Books
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Cawston, Dr Peter and Langridge, Dr Susan and Mercer, Professor Stewart and Williamson, Professor Andrea and Watt, Professor Graham
• Authors: Watt, G., Brown, G., Budd, J., Cawston, P., Craig, M., Jamieson, R., Langridge, S., Lyon, A., Mercer, S.W., Morton, C., Mullin, A., O'Neil, J., Paterson, E., Sambale, P., and Williamson, A.E.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > General Practice and Primary Care
• Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners
• ISBN: 9780850843385

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