Family Practice Vol. 19, No. 6, 577-578
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Primary care oncology: essential if high quality cancer care is to be achieved for all
a CRC Primary Care Oncology Fellow, University of Aberdeen,
b Lecturer in General Practice, University of Glasgow and
c Professor of General Practice, University of Edinburgh.
Neil Campbell, c/o The Scottish School of Primary Care, The Lister, 11 Hill Square, Edinburgh EH8 9DR, UK; E-mail: n.campbell@abdn.ac.uk
Campbell NC, MacLeod U and Weller D. Primary care oncology: essential if high quality cancer care is to be achieved for all. Family Practice 2002; 19: 577–578.
Received 2 April 2002; Accepted 16 July 2002.
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The importance of primary care in oncology is widely recognized—in the Calman-Hine report it was called "the focus of care".1 There is, however, less clarity about what primary care oncology is and how it can add value to specialist cancer care. The NHS Cancer Plan in England recognizes that primary care has an important role, recommending lead clinicians for cancer in primary care groups, but is short on specific guidance on what they are meant to do.2 The Scottish cancer plan barely mentions primary care at