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An assessment of clinical staff workload and predictors of clinical staff workload, in UK primary care settings
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University of Birmingham
Academic Institute
Tom Marshall - Chief Investigator - University of BirminghamLyvia Guerrier de Dumast - Corresponding Applicant - University of BirminghamPatrick Moore - Collaborator - University of Birmingham
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CPRD22
An average general practitioner (GP) consults with 41 patients each day but some see up to 70 per day and the number of GP consultations and GP workload are increasing. It is not clear why workload is increasing but it may be linked to the increasing numbers of older people, increasing numbers of people with one or more long-term conditions (such as diabetes or heart disease) or both. GP workload is higher when they care for patients who are older, elderly, female or live in more deprived districts. Patients with long-term conditions, particularly those with more than one condition, also tend to consult more frequently and their consultations are generally longer. However it is not clear which is more important for workload: a patients’ long-term conditions or their age, sex or whether they live in a more deprived area.
This study proposes to conduct an assessment of current clinical staff workload, as well as its predictors.
07/05/2021
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2011 Rural-Urban Classification at LSOA level
Practice Level Index of Multiple Deprivation
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