Alleviating unprecedented pressures faced by the General Practice workforce: a conceptual framework based on the extent to which Wessex GPs think that patients presenting with one condition could have been seen and appropriately managed by another healthc

This 2016 report is linked to Wessex Primary Care project https://wessexahsn.org.uk/projects/168/the-wessex-primary-care-project. GPs were asked to do a live audit for 2 weeks to find out whether and which Health care practitioners could replace them in face-to-face consultations with patients who presented with one condition.  The study (212 questionnaires from 23 GP practices spanning 9 CCGs) led to free online resources created for Wessex-based GP surgeries and CCGs to encourage forward planning and full use of non-GP staff (Skills Matrix tool, Workforce tool and RAG tool).