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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

A Guide to Understanding and Working with General Practice in NSW

This resource provides an outline of general practice. It considers its uniformity and diversity; its funding arrangements, service delivery, workforce, training, capacity and supporting structures. It provides recommendations for identifying and acting on opportunities for collaboration. The Guide draws on published literature as well as the experience of an expert group.

It is important that the complex and essential role of general practice is fully understood by those wishing to work within and across the different components of the health care system in NSW. A better understanding of the particular ways of working and ethos of general practice will support sustainable partnerships, improve health care integration and eliminate misperceptions about general practice and general practice service delivery. The Guide is not intended to be exhaustive. It attempts to consolidate in one document key information about general practice. Web links to further information and resources are provided throughout this guide to support a more detailed understanding of the range of areas covered.

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