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Practical General Practice
Practical General Practice
Guidelines for Effective Clinical Management
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vi Contents
It is 30 years since the publication of the first edition of this years from the guidance produced by the various esteemed
textbook and since then, a time during which five further medical institutions.
editions of the book have been published, a wealth of research As ever, this book should be seen as a guide and a template
and numerous guidelines have been produced as part of the from which general practitioners can derive their own ways
worldwide crusade to practise the evidence-based medicine, of working based on a logical, structured approach. The
for which this book was in some ways a forerunner. chapters of this book are designed to mirror the mental
This is the first edition not to be edited by Alex Khot processes of the doctor during the general practice consulta-
and Andrew Polmear, whose vision and passion for produc- tion and so help that doctor to synthesise rational and safe
ing straightforward, evidence-based, and above all practical treatment plans for his or her patients.
guidelines for general practitioners working at the coal face Whilst keeping pace with the changes in guidance has
of primary care originally brought this textbook into being. made the production of this book a challenge, the wealth
We hope this edition follows those principles and remains and breadth of research and guidance currently available has
a reliable desktop companion for GPs. also enabled our contributors to produce more robust guid-
Producing a guidelines-based book like this is much like ance than has ever previously been possible.
the endless work of Sisyphus pushing his boulder up a hill In recognition of the fact that previous editions of this book
in Tartarus for all eternity, only to watch it roll back down have attracted a readership outside of the United Kingdom, this
before reaching the summit. The pace of change in medicine, edition has deliberately been designed to be less UK focused
the rate at which guidelines are produced, and at which with guidance based on guidelines and opinion from around
consensus opinion changes, makes it almost inevitable that the globe. Where possible the details of patient support groups,
a book such as this is at risk of being out of date before the relevant to specific diseases in different countries, have also
ink is dry on the page. However, guidelines tend to change been included to reflect the more global outlook of this edition.
by evolution rather than revolution and the content of this
book, produced by experts working in the real world of daily Adam Staten
practice, is likely to differ only by nuance in the coming Paul Staten
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The Structure of the Book
ix
Acknowledgements
Firstly we would like to thank Alex Khot and Andrew Polmear An enormous thank you must go to the team at Elsevier,
whose vision led to the production of the first six editions in particular, Carole McMurray, Pauline Graham, and Radjan
of this text book; we hope that this current edition lives up Lourde Selvanadin for whom the last few months and years
to the high standards they have set. We would, of course, must have felt like something of a cat herding exercise.
like to thank all our contributors who have worked to ever Adam would like to thank his wife Shiva and his daughters
tightening deadlines, to produce a set of great chapters, fre- Rose and Grace who have had to tolerate a husband and
quently swimming against the tide of new guidance and father who has spent many vacant hours tapping slowly at
research to keep this edition up to date as we have moved his laptop. Paul would like to thank his partner Erica for
through production. We would particularly like to thank her help and support.
Mr Iain Wilson, Mr Robert Hone, and Dr Naema Alam
who all stepped in at the last moment with invaluable advice
and contributions to help get this book to press.
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List of Contributors
The editor(s) would like to acknowledge and offer grateful thanks for the input of all previous editions’ contributors, without
whom this new edition would not have been possible.
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xiv List of Contributors
Anchal Goyal, MBBS, nMRCGP, DRCOG, DPD, GPwSI Catriona Nisbett, MBChB, MRCGP, MRCP, DRCOG, Dip
Dermatology Dermatology
NHS Lanarkshire General Practitioner
Monklands District General Hospital, Airdrie The Murray Surgery, East Kilbride
Kate Hughes, MBChB PhD MRCP (Diabetes and Declan Nugent, MB BCh, BAO, MRCGP
Endocrinology) General Practitioner
Consultant Physician and Diabetologist and Glasgow
Endocrinologist
Honorary Senior Lecturer Hilary Pinnock, MBChB, MD, MRCGP
School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing Reader
University of Glasgow Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for
Glasgow Population Health Sciences
University of Edinburgh
Heather Lafferty, MBChB, MRCP Edinburgh, Scotland
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist General Practitioner
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Whitstable Medical Practice
Glasgow Whitstable
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Principles and Practice of
Primary Care
ADAM STATEN
C H A P T E R CO N T E N T S
Challenges of Primary Care Telemedicine
Population Challenges Communications Technology
The Challenge of External Factors Models of Care
The Evolving Primary Care Team Telephone Triage
Nurse Practitioners Shared Medical Appointments
Physiotherapists The General Practitioner Consultant
Clinical Pharmacists The Virtual Ward
Physician Assistants/Associates Caring for the Doctor
Mental Health Professionals The Burnout Syndrome
Medical Assistants Finding Help and Treatment
Use of Technology
Electronic Medical Records
OBJECTIVES
• Primary care can be defined as any care that is delivered in holistic approach to patient care, and an approach to
the community as opposed to the inpatient setting. In patient care that is proactive rather than reactive.
wealthier countries primary care is usually considered to be • The WHO (2003) recognises the core principles of primary
the first level of care provision, whereas in poorer countries care to be:
it may be seen as a systemwide strategy to providing access 1. universal access to care and coverage based on need;
to healthcare (World Health Organization [WHO], 2003). 2. commitment to health equity as part of development
• It is widely recognised that building health services around oriented to social justice;
high-quality primary care results in better public health, 3. community participation in defining and implementing
fewer inequalities in healthcare by socioeconomic class, and health agenda;
lower rates of unnecessary hospital admissions (Kringos, 4. intersectoral approaches to health.
Boerma, van der Zee, & Groenewegen, 2013). • These principles are underpinned by the declaration of
• The structure of primary care varies widely from country to Alma-Ata, made in 1978 (WHO 1978) in which primary care
country but there are key similarities to treating patients in was defined as “essential health care based on practical,
the community that are true in all countries, and all scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and
healthcare systems, including the interaction between technology made universally accessible.”
healthcare, social care, and third sector organisations, a
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nurses so that they are able to practice autonomously and • As polypharmacy in an ageing population becomes
assess and diagnose undifferentiated problems, to synthe- more common, expertise in medicine management will
sise treatment plans (Royal College of Nursing, 2012). be increasingly important and an increasing workload
Key to this is their ability to prescribe independently. burden for general practitioners.
• Nurse practitioners work in many different areas of • The role is perhaps best established in the United States
healthcare but within primary care they provide care where clinical pharmacists have been working and evolv-
both for acute illness (usually by providing consultations ing their role over a period of decades. In 1997 the
for minor illness) and chronic disease (such as perform- WHO published policy statements that envisaged an
ing routine reviews in respiratory illness or diabetes). expanded future role for pharmacists that would benefit
• They are well established in Anglophone countries where patients in healthcare systems globally. Since then the
they are seen as a key resource in helping to manage role has become increasingly recognised in the Anglo-
patient demand, but they are less well recognised in other sphere and across Europe. Clinical pharmacists are also
parts of the world. invaluable in bolstering the primary care teams in coun-
• Training to become an advanced nurse practitioner varies tries where doctor numbers are low.
from country to country and depends on the area of
healthcare in which the nurse is working, but in the Physician Assistants/Associates
United Kingdom the Royal College of Nursing provides
accredited training courses to upskill nurses and prepare • To train as a physician assistant (also known as a physi-
them for an advanced role. cian associate) the trainee must already have a degree in
• Evidence suggests that nurse practitioners provide good a life or healthcare science subject. Physician assistants
levels of patient satisfaction and good patient outcomes, then undergo an intense period of training in the medical
but the evidence of cost effectiveness remains equivocal model to enable them to interview, examine, and diag-
(Martin-Misener et al., 2015). nose patients; order and interpret tests; and perform
procedures according to competency. They may work in
Physiotherapists a variety of settings from surgery to emergency medicine,
but many work in primary care.
• Up to 30% of primary care consultations relate to • The physician assistant is a dependent medical practitio-
musculoskeletal problems, many of which are best dealt ner who works under the supervision of a physician. The
with by physiotherapists. However, direct access to phys- ability to prescribe is variable depending on the country
iotherapists for patients is not necessarily the norm (or US state) in which the individual works.
within primary care. • The physician assistant is a US invention; the role was
• Direct access is usually available to patients in Australia, established there over 50 years ago. Currently there are
absent in the United States, and patchy throughout the around 100,000 physician assistants practicing. They
European Union. This variability in access is despite the have been shown to be cost effective and acceptable to
fact that the majority of countries, particularly within patients, and in recent years several countries have shown
Europe, have the requisite legislation and train their interest in developing training programmes to produce
physiotherapists to have the requisite competencies to physician assistants to alleviate pressure on primary care
practice independently. Often the barriers to enabling doctors (Legler, Cawley, & Fenn, 2007).
direct access come from within the medical profession
itself, despite the potential reduction in workload that Mental Health Professionals
physiotherapists can provide (Chartered Society of Phys-
iotherapists, 2013). Where direct access is not available • Mental health problems are an enormous part of primary
patients must usually come via their primary care physi- care, either as the presenting problem or as a complicat-
cian to get access to physiotherapy. ing factor for other problems. Up to one third of all
• The provision of direct access physiotherapy has been general practice appointments are thought to involve a
shown to be both clinically and cost effective (Mallet mental health component.
et al., 2014). • Given this workload and the economic burden of mental
health in primary care, the WHO has produced policy
Clinical Pharmacists emphasising the importance of providing good-quality
primary mental healthcare. However, it remains unusual
• Clinical pharmacists have an extended role that involves for mental health nurses, or other mental health profes-
direct patient-facing activity with particular respect to sionals who are capable of delivering psychologic treat-
medicine management. Their key roles are in optimising ments, to be embedded within the primary care team.
medication and dosage regimes, de-conflicting medica- • Since 2014 in the Netherlands there has been a deliberate
tions that may interact, and ensuring the cost effective- shift in the provision of mental healthcare from second-
ness of medications. Many are also involved in the ary to primary care. This has been largely facilitated by
management of minor ailments and chronic disease. increasing the number of mental health nurses working
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alongside GPs such that between 2010 and 2014 the Telemedicine
proportion of practices in the Netherlands with a mental
health nurse increased from 20% to over 80%. This has • Telemedicine (or telehealth) relates to the remote moni-
not reduced GP workload but has increased the number toring of patients and the transfer of biometric data
of long appointments available in the community to from the patients’ home to their doctor. It has perhaps
patients with mental health problems (Magnée et al., been most utilised when dealing with cardiovascular or
2016). respiratory disease to enable early detection of decom-
• A Cochrane review of the effectiveness of counselling pensation of the monitored illness and proactive, early
provided within primary care found that it was clinically management.
more effective in the short term than usual care (although • As technology advances and equipment such as blood
not in the long term) and associated with similar costs pressure monitors and oxygen saturation probes become
to usual care (Bower et al., 2011). cheaper it is likely that this will be seen as a convenient
and cost-effective means of managing patients. It has the
Medical Assistants added advantage of engaging patients with their own
care and empowering them to take responsibility for
• Medical assistants primarily work within primary care managing their illness.
teams in the United States. They are allied health profes- • The cost effectiveness of telemedicine remains uncertain
sionals who work in both administrative and clinical (Henderson, 2013), but it is likely that increasing
roles. Their duties may include scheduling appointments, amounts of remote monitoring will become part and
handling correspondence, updating patient notes, as well parcel of future general practice; and as its use becomes
as performing clinical procedures such as ECGs and more common its cost effectiveness will improve.
blood draws, assisting the physician during procedures,
or preparing patients for examination. Communications Technology
• It is suggested that they are a key means by which doctors
can relieve themselves of their administrative workload • We have more ways to communicate with one another
and so enable themselves to focus more on direct patient than ever before—via telephone, email, text message, or
care (Sinsky et al., 2013). video phone. These technologies present the possibility
of interacting with our patients and our colleagues more
Use of Technology efficiently and more flexibly.
• Younger patients in particular are comfortable with com-
The use of technology within medicine has the potential to municating electronically. For example, the use of virtual
improve patient care and make the working life of primary clinics that employ email and text messaging to com-
healthcare professionals easier and less stressful. As tech- municate with young diabetic patients has dramatically
nologies develop it is important that those working within improved attendance rates (Mayor, 2016).
primary care stay alert to new ways in which this technology • Video phone applications (such as Skype) have been
can be applied to their own working environments. used in a variety of settings: providing remote care
for refugees, orthopaedic follow-up, and psychiatric
Electronic Medical Records consultation. GPs in the United Kingdom have
(Davies et al., 2016) experimented with using SkypeTM to review patients
in nursing homes.
• The use of electronic medical records (EMRs) is common • There are numerous email or phone-based systems that
but not ubiquitous. In New Zealand, Scandinavia, and can be employed to enable GPs to access specialist advice
the United Kingdom the use of medical records is almost rapidly, which may obviate the need for an acute admis-
universal, but this is not the case in other developed sion or a referral for specialist advice.
nations; for example, in Canada rates are below 80% and
in Switzerland they are below 60%. Models of Care
• Even where EMRs are used the capabilities of different
systems vary enormously with the most advanced allow- • As the burden of caring for enlarging and ageing popula-
ing the review of results, correspondence, production of tions increases, the way in which patients are seen in
patient summaries, transfer of electronic prescriptions to primary care will need to be adapted to increase capacity
pharmacies, and prompts and alerts for patient review. within the system.
This allows for more seamless care, reduction in duplica- • GPs need to adapt the ways in which they see their
tion of work, and the setting up of efficient and reliable patients to suit their particular patient populations.
patient recall systems for patient review and monitoring. Some of these varied models of seeing patients will
• Higher levels of doctor satisfaction with their EMRs be reliant on the technologies discussed earlier in the
have been shown to correlate with overall higher job chapter; others require a fresh approach to the traditional
satisfaction. medical consultation.
CHAPTER 1 Principles and Practice of Primary Care 5
Shared Medical Appointments • The world of general practice is without doubt stressful
and continues to become more so as a result of the chal-
• Shared medical appointments are part medical consulta- lenges detailed already in this chapter. A 2015 Com-
tion, part education session. Groups of patients with monwealth Fund survey of primary care in 10 developed
the same condition are seen together for an extended nations found that significant proportions of doctors
appointment and educated about their condition and in all 10 countries found their work in general practice
how it can be managed. This saves overall clinician time either very stressful or extremely stressful (Davies et al.,
whilst increasing the contact time the patient has with 2016).
the clinician. Other benefits include empowering patients • The phenomenon of physician burnout is well recog-
to self-manage and the creation of a peer support network nised but often not well handled. The three key features
for patients. of burnout are usually described as:
• They have been used in a range of settings including 1. emotional exhaustion;
diabetes, maternity, physiotherapy, and liver disease. 2. depersonalisation;
Patients report higher levels of satisfaction with shared 3. an absent sense of personal accomplishment.
medical appointment care than with usual care (Hey- • The burnout syndrome overlaps with, and is compli-
worth et al., 2014). cated by, anxiety and depression and shares key features
with those issues such as social withdrawal, absentee-
The General Practitioner Consultant ism from work, and problems with drug and alcohol
abuse.
• This is a model of care that relies on the GP having a • Doctors are at high risk of burnout as they are selected
team of varied allied health professionals at hand. based on personality traits such as perfectionism, high
• This model of care relies on central triage which directs achievement, a sense of responsibility, and competitive-
patients toward the relevant professional (e.g., physio- ness, which all put them at higher risk of burning out.
therapist, mental health nurse, physician associate). The • Work within medicine exposes people to extended
GP is not directly involved in the initial patient contact periods of extreme emotional stress (both their own and
but is called in to consult on cases that are beyond the that of other people), which contributes to burnout.
capability of the allied health professional. • A perceived stigma to mental illness amongst doctors
• Theoretically this frees up the GP to dedicate time to also means that doctors tend to seek help late by which
those most complex patients who require the most skilled point the damage may well be significant, including
input albeit at the expense of the regular and recurrent suicidality.
patient contacts that many would argue provide job sat-
isfaction in primary care. Finding Help and Treatment
The Virtual Ward • It is important that those working within general prac-
tice recognise the signs of stress and burnout both in
• The virtual ward is a concept designed to manage themselves and in their colleagues and feel able to seek
patients, often housebound patients, who require intense, help or suggest that their colleagues seek help.
6 se c t i o n 1 Principles and Practice of Primary Care
• Treatment for the burnout syndrome, or for depression or randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal (Clinical Research
substance misuse problems in general, is along standard Ed.), 346. doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f1035.
lines and includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Heyworth, L., et al. (2014). Influence of shared medical appoint-
medication, and counselling. These can be sought via the ments on patient satisfaction: A retrospective 3-year study. Annals
of Family Medicine, 12, 324–330.
doctors’ own GP although many are reluctant to seek help
Holt, T., et al. (2016). Telephone triage systems in UK general
in this way for themselves. Alternatively, many countries practice: Analysis of consultation duration during the index day
have mental health programmes specifically for medical in a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. The British Journal of
professionals that can operate on an anonymous basis. General Practice, 66, e214–e218.
• Self-help techniques such as mindfulness also have a Kringos, D. S., Boerma, W., van der Zee, J., & Groenewegen, P.
good evidence base amongst doctors working in primary (2013). Europe’s strong primary care systems are linked to better
care and many simple mindfulness techniques can be population health but also to higher health spending. Health
learnt via online apps. Affairs, 32, 686–694. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1242.
• GPs also have the opportunity to tackle the source of Leese, B., Young, R., & Sibbald, B. (2002). GP principals leaving
their distress either by changing the way in which they practice in the UK. The European Journal of General Practice, 8,
work or by changing the type of work that they do 62–68.
Legler, C. F., Cawley, J. F., & Fenn, W. H. (2007). Physician assis-
within the varied world of primary care.
tants: Education, practice and global interest. Medical Teacher, 29,
e22–e25.
Further Reading Maeseneer, J., van Weel, C., Egilman, D., et al. (2008). Funding for
primary health care in developing countries. BMJ (Clinical
Staten, A., & Lawson, E. (2017). GP wellbeing: Combatting burnout Research Ed.), 336, 518–519.
in general practice. London: CRC Press. Magnée, T., de Beurs, D. P., de Bakker, D. H., et al. (2016). Consulta-
tions in general practices with and without mental health nurses: An
observational study from 2010 to 2014. BMJ Open, 6, e011579.
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Long-Term Conditions
STEWART W. MERCER, HARRY HAO-XIANG WANG
C H A P T E R CO N T E N T S
Prevalence of Long-Term Conditions Polypharmacy
Comorbidity and Multimorbidity Clinical Guidelines
Prevalence of MM Evidence-Based General Practice
Global Burden Management
Deprivation Effects Organisational
Effects of MM Inverse Care Law
Healthcare Utilisation What Do Patients With LTCs Need From General Practice?
Mental and Physical
OBJECTIVES
• A long-term condition (LTC) is commonly defined as chronic conditions seen in general practice include multiple
a condition that requires ongoing medical care, sclerosis, Parkinson disease, and muscular dystrophy.
limits what one can do, and is likely to last for a year • Conditions once considered terminal are now commonly
or more. seen, and regarded as long-term conditions, due to
• Common long-term conditions include diseases such as improved survival rates from treatments, and this includes
coronary heart disease, diabetes, asthma, and stroke. many cancers and infectious diseases such as human
Patients with such conditions are commonly seen and immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired
managed in primary care in the long term. Less common immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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• Many LTCs are associated with increased mortality and/ Clinical Guidelines
or morbidity, and this is exacerbated by increasing levels
of multimorbidity. There is a clear linear relationship • A likely major driver of polypharmacy is guidelines. The
between levels of multimorbidity and death rate. development of clinical guidelines based on evidence
• Multimorbidity also increases hospital admission rates, collated from randomised controlled trials has been one
even for potentially avoidable admissions and has a of the major advances in the delivery of evidence-based
major negative impact on quality of life. medicine over the last 20 years. However, guidelines are
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