In Focus: Call for closer collaboration

A new report has made recommendations for primary care in the UK to operate at scale to improve patient outcomes and system efficiency.

It urged a move away from a process dominated by contracts to one defined by quality improvement metrics and population health.

The Stronger Together report outlined that a system of primary care at scale should be adopted to extend the provision of health and care services within a community setting through an integrated, team-based approach.

Zoe Richmond, contributing author and clinical director at the Local Optical Committee Support Unit (Locsu), said: ‘The report highlights that we all have a duty to better understand what each of the four contractor services of primary care do. There is so much to be gained from this enhanced understanding and collaboration. We need to encourage significant behaviour changes if we are to