scholarly journals Benchmarking of Viral Bronchiolitis Management by General Practitioners in the United Kingdom

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alecia Nickless ◽  
Eva P. Galiza ◽  
Andrew J. Pollard ◽  
Simon B. Drysdale
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
The United Kingdom

scholarly journals The United Kingdom 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak As Recorded in Real Time by General Practitioners

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hershel Jick ◽  
Dean S. MacLaughlin ◽  
Pascal Egger ◽  
Peter Wiggins
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Real Time ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Swine Flu ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Research Database ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

Background. Initially the course of the 2009 swine flu pandemic was uncertain and impossible to predict with any confidence. An effective prospective data resource exists in the United Kingdom (UK) that could have been utilized to describe the scope and extent of the swine flu outbreak as it unfolded. We describe the 2009 swine flu outbreak in the UK as recorded daily by general practitioners and the potential use of this database for real-time tracking of flu outbreaks. Methods. Using the General Practice Research Database, a real-time general practice, electronic database, we estimated influenza incidence from July 1998 to September 2009 according to age, region, and calendar time. Results. From 1998 to2008, influenza outbreaks regularly occurred yearly from October to March, but did not typically occur from April to September until the swine flu outbreak began in April 2009. The weekly incidence rose gradually, peaking at the end of July, and the outbreak had largely dissipated by early September. Conclusions. The UK swine flu outbreak, recorded in real time by a large group of general practitioners, was mild and limited in time. Simultaneous online access seemed feasible and could have provided additional clinical-based evidence at an early planning stage of the outbreak.

Challenges to Professional Autonomy in the United Kingdom? The Perceptions of General Practitioners

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Calnan ◽  
Simon Williams
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Autonomy ◽  
New Managerialism ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

Theoretical analysis has suggested that so-called threats to professional autonomy in the United States might also be manifesting themselves in the United Kingdom through the introduction of market principles and the new “managerialism” into the National Health Service by the government and through the emergence of complementary medicine and the role of the “articulate” consumer. The authors explore these issues by focusing on how a sample of the “rank and file” of general practitioners perceive these potential challenges from “above and below.” The evidence suggests that the social, economic, and clinical freedoms of general practitioners remain intact although these external influences appear to have changed the style of clinical practice, which is a source of concern and dissatisfaction to some general practitioners.

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