A brave new world: the new normal for general practice after the COVID-19 pandemic

Nada Khan; Daniel Jones; Adam Grice; Sarah Alderson; Stephen Bradley; Paul Carder; Jessica Drinkwater; Helen Edwards; Blessing Essang; Suzanne Richards; Richard Neal

doi:10.3399/bjgpopen20x101103

A brave new world: the new normal for general practice after the COVID-19 pandemic

Nada Khan, Daniel Jones, Adam Grice, Sarah Alderson, Stephen Bradley, Paul Carder, Jessica Drinkwater, Helen Edwards, Blessing Essang, Suzanne Richards, Richard Neal

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Abstract

General practice in the UK transformed almost overnight in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Practices largely shut their doors, face-to-face consultations almost exclusively became remote consultations, research evidence was implemented within days of being published, and much routine work postponed and labelled ‘non-essential’. As we settle into this (temporary) new way of working, we have a unique opportunity to reflect on our old and new working practices and decide what we should continue, change, and stop doing. Specifically, we consider what this ‘new normal’ could be in terms of remote consulting, practice re-organisation, use and implementation of evidence, advanced care planning, patient behaviour and chronic disease management, and implications for future practice, research, and policy.

Original language	English
Article number	bjgpopen20X101103
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	BJGP Open
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20x101103
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020

Keywords

family medicine
community care
information technology
primary health care
general practice
COVID-19
coronavirus

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