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Family Practice Vol. 20, No. 4, 360-361
© Oxford University Press 2003

Editorial

‘New Century, New Challenges’

Nigel Mathersa, Yvonne Carterb and Martin Marshallcd on behalf of the UK Heads of the Academic Departments of General Practice

a Director, Institute of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research, Sheffield, UK,
b Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Medical Sciences, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, UK,
c Professor of General Practice, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Correspondence to N Mathers; E-mail: n.mathers@sheffield.ac.uk

Mathers N, Carter Y and Marshall M on behalf of the UK Heads of the Academic Departments of General Practice. ‘New Century, New Challenges’. Family Practice 2003; 20: 360–361.

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The recently published report ‘New Century, New Challenges’ from the Heads of Departments of General Practice and Primary Care sets out a vision for the development of academic general practice in the UK.1 It reviews the substantial challenges now facing the academic departments and shows clearly how more investment is essential if general practice and primary care services to patients are to be improved under the Government’s NHS Plan.2

In 2001, there were 31 academic departments of general practice and primary care in the UK compared with 24 departments in 1986. In the period since 1986, the number of professors of general practice increased from 16 to 66, and the proportion of non-clinical . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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