NHS England has overloaded GPs, who have limited capacity, with new and expanding priorities. NHSE has prioritised improving patients’ access and digital access to general practice. It recognises that pushing to improve one aspect of care inevitably causes consequences to appear elsewhere, in this case, support for people with frailty.NHSE is looking at interventions that could be done by other healthcare professionals in primary care. For example, NHSE is looking to step up the clinical serv...

NHS England has overloaded GPs, who have limited capacity, with new and expanding priorities. NHSE has prioritised improving patients’ access and digital access to general practice. It recognises that pushing to improve one aspect of care inevitably causes consequences to appear elsewhere, in this case, support for people with frailty.NHSE is looking at interventions that could be done by other healthcare professionals in primary care. For example, NHSE is looking to step up the clinical service provided by community pharmacists including undertaking medication reviews for people with frailty, rather than being just a dispensing service. If t Type: recommendation | Number: 4 | Response status: response_pending Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. ensuring the whole of government works effectively to achieve it. The government has established arrangements for coordinating the main departments including the Domestic and Economic Affairs (Energ