IPCHS. Integrated People-Centred Health Services

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Aug. 30, 2017 Europe Publication
Engaging and empowering people and communities, Coordinating services within and across sectors, Creating an enabling environment

Health and social care in aging population: an integrated care institution for the elderly in Greece

The purpose of this article was to describe the nature of the services actually offered to the elderly in Greece by an institution of integrated care, as opposed to those that should be offered according to the relevant law, and to investigate the factors influencian the supply of those services. 

development, elderly, improve the quality of care, integrated care, integrated health services, open care, supports patients
Sept. 21, 2017 Europe Publication
Engaging and empowering people and communities, Reorienting the model of care, Coordinating services within and across sectors, Creating an enabling environment

Imperial child health general practice hubs

For most children, the GP is their main point of contact with the health servivce. While children make up nearlyy one-fifth of the population in England, they are estimated to account for two-fifths of a typical GP´s workload. Despite this, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health estimate that in many parts of the country, between 40 and 50 per cent of GPs have a had little or no formal paediatric training. Evidence suggest that many of these case could be managed outside an acute setting. 

accessibility, child and youth health, education, engagement, open access, open care, patient-centred care, public health