The health needs of the population are changing as it ages. This research finds that
25 million people in England are estimated to have one long-term condition and
13.4 million people have two or more.
Health services, particularly in secondary care have traditionally been designed to
deal with patients with a single disease. But for a growing number this is no longer
a suitable model of care.
Primary care has been at the vanguard of delivering more person centred and whole-person care. But many of the existing policy measures and incentives within it are outdated and aimed at managing single diseases.
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