{"id":271,"date":"2017-10-07T15:27:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T15:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/?p=271"},"modified":"2017-10-07T15:27:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T15:27:07","slug":"healthcare-use-among-preschool-children-attending-gp-led-urgent-care-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/2017\/10\/07\/healthcare-use-among-preschool-children-attending-gp-led-urgent-care-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare use among preschool children attending GP-led urgent care centres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Urgent care centres (UCCs) were developed with the aim of reducing inappropriate emergency department (ED) attendances in England. We aimed to examine the presenting complaint and outcomes of care for young children attending two general practitioner (GP)-led UCCs in West London with extended opening times.\u00a0The findings were published in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/6\/6\/e010672.long\">BMJ Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Only 3% of all attendances to the GP-led UCCs were among preschool children over a 3-year period, with nearly a quarter of them being repeat attenders. Although the large majority of children attending were registered with a GP, over two-thirds attended out of hours. The most common reason for attending the GP-led UCC was for a respiratory disease, mainly an upper respiratory tract infection. The most commonly prescribed medications were for infections. Only one in five preschool children who attended required a referral to a paediatrician or an emergency doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of preschool children attending GP-led UCCs do so out of hours, despite the majority being registered with a GP. The case mix is comparable with those presenting to an ED setting, with the majority managed exclusively by the GPs in the UCC before discharge home. Further work is required to understand the benefits of a GP-led urgent system in influencing future use of services especially emergency care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urgent care centres (UCCs) were developed with the aim of reducing inappropriate emergency department (ED) attendances in England. We aimed to examine the presenting complaint and outcomes of care for young children attending two general practitioner (GP)-led UCCs in West London with extended opening times.\u00a0The findings were published in\u00a0BMJ Open. 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