This report summarises the brief which was given to the King's Fund on finding the views of GPs following the Tomlinson report; setting up GP networks; clarifying what the King's Fund might expect from the Investment Fund launch; and improving working with GPs.
The experience of purchasing over the last two and a half years has demonstrated what might be possible. What seems clear is that the future agenda is massive, complicated and feels different both quantitatively and qualitatively. It is not just that people are busy, but they are addressing new dilemmas ...
The aim of this paper is to develop statistical models which explain the utilisation of GP services and which can also subsequently be linked to the 1991 census data to calculate weighted population estimates for areas based on their need for health care