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Objective Analysis. Effective Solutions.

The NHS in England faces several future challenges for primary care, including an ageing population, increasing numbers of patients with multiple long-term conditions and a limited workforce. The Health Education England Primary Care Workforce Commission has set out to identify innovative models of primary care that will meet these future challenges. As part of this work, RAND Europe was commissioned to present a brief overview of reports from professional bodies and policy-focused organisations — from England and internationally — that describe new models for delivering primary care. These models include:

In addition, we present some examples of communication/information technology used in primary care and discuss recruitment and retention challenges facing health professionals in general practice. Most reports included in this overview are descriptive, and they include recommendations regarding how new models of care could be implemented. From these reports, it was evident that there is no 'one size fits all' model for delivering primary care and that the way in which new models are implemented may be as important as the models themselves.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Included studies

• Chapter Three

  Models that introduce new roles or change existing roles in general practice

• Chapter Four

  Models of collaboration among professionals and among sectors (primary care, secondary care and social care)

• Chapter Five

  New organisational forms for general practice

• Chapter Six

  Facilitators of the adoption of new models of primary care

• Chapter Seven

  Discussion