{"id":341,"date":"2017-11-22T10:03:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T10:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/?p=341"},"modified":"2017-11-22T10:03:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T10:03:14","slug":"patients-are-more-satisfied-with-general-practices-managed-by-gp-partners-than-those-managed-by-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/2017\/11\/22\/patients-are-more-satisfied-with-general-practices-managed-by-gp-partners-than-those-managed-by-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients are more satisfied with general practices managed by GP partners than those managed by companies."},"content":{"rendered":"

General practices in England are independent businesses that are contracted to provide primary care for specified populations. Most are owned by general practitioners, but many types of organisation are now eligible to deliver these services. In a study published in the\u00a0Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine<\/a>, we examined the association between patient experience and the contract type of general practices in England, distinguishing limited companies from other practices.<\/p>\n

We analysed data from the English General Practice Patient Survey 2013\u20132014 (July to September 2013 and January to March 2014). Patients were eligible for inclusion in the survey if they had a valid National Health Service number, had been registered with a general practice for six months or more, and were aged 18 years or over. All general practices in England with eligible patients were included in the survey (n\u2009=\u20098017).<\/p>\n

Patients registered to general practices owned by limited companies reported worse experiences of their care than patients registered to other practices on average. This applied to practices recorded as limited companies in routine contract data and to practices owned by large organisations. The sizes of the differences in experience varied from moderate to large across four outcome measures and were largest for the frequency of consulting a preferred doctor. Limited company ownership of general practices is uncommon in England. Patient experience was not consistently associated with the contract type for practices not recorded as limited companies. Across all contract and ownership types, patients generally reported positive experiences of their general practices.<\/p>\n

Although our results suggest that limited companies provide worse patient experiences on average, some practices owned by these companies provide a good experience; others provide the opposite. It is the responsibility of commissioners, regulators, clinicians and owners to guarantee that individual practices meet expected standards while ensuring that care quality is not systematically associated with the ownership. Commissioners also need to ensure that contracts offer good value for money, more so at a time when the National Health Service is under severe financial pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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