Improving quality in general practice: qualitative case study of barriers faced by health authorities
BMJPublished 17 July 1999Open access
Martin Marshall
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Health authorities seem to lack the authority and organisational structure to maximise the role in general practice expected of them in the NHS reforms, and doctors and health authority managers do not work sufficiently closely together to improve the quality of general practice.
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The health authorities faced significant barriers that would impede their ability to fulfil their responsibilities in the new NHS and that would reduce their capacity to contribute to quality improvements in general practice.
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Health Professions
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