The impact of COVID-19 on primary care: Insights from the National Health Service (NHS) and future recommendations

COVID-19 has changed health systems and services. In this commentary, we outline the impact COVID-19 has had on the delivery of primary health care, and on primary care teams, and describe the NHS response. We highlight the challenges of managing long-COVID and identify areas of importance for prima...

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Autores principales: Mughal, Faraz, Khunti, Kamlesh, Mallen, Christian D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7612361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35165652
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_756_21
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description COVID-19 has changed health systems and services. In this commentary, we outline the impact COVID-19 has had on the delivery of primary health care, and on primary care teams, and describe the NHS response. We highlight the challenges of managing long-COVID and identify areas of importance for primary care in a post-COVID context. We describe ongoing public health measures and list recommendations for primary care for COVID-19 and future unknown pandemics. We conclude with salient points on the future of primary care.
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spelling pubmed-76123612022-02-13 The impact of COVID-19 on primary care: Insights from the National Health Service (NHS) and future recommendations Mughal, Faraz Khunti, Kamlesh Mallen, Christian D. J Family Med Prim Care Commentary COVID-19 has changed health systems and services. In this commentary, we outline the impact COVID-19 has had on the delivery of primary health care, and on primary care teams, and describe the NHS response. We highlight the challenges of managing long-COVID and identify areas of importance for primary care in a post-COVID context. We describe ongoing public health measures and list recommendations for primary care for COVID-19 and future unknown pandemics. We conclude with salient points on the future of primary care. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-12 2021-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7612361/ /pubmed/35165652 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_756_21 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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