Health and Social Care in the Digital World

This provocative and timely book examines the current state of primary care practice and outlines a new vision for the delivery of primary care services, primarily in the UK but also internationally.

Nigel Starey is a retired family doctor and academic GP, and is currently an advisor to the Care Quality Commission, UK.

1 Introduction: The burning platform. 2 Keystones. 3 The sector's heritage. 4 The curent situation in primary care: From analysis to interpretation. 5 Synergy. 6 Learning to support effective care. 7 Systems thinking in primary care "system archetypes." 8 Mutuality. 9 Thinking outside the box. 10 New dawn: Welfare in NHS Mk 2 - A new social compact. Glossary.