A report by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has underlined the fragmented and complex picture of services many patients still face when being treated by the NHS.
A recent report published by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has underlined the fragmented and complex picture of services many patients still face when being treated by the NHS. The Clinical Services Journal reports.
The report ‘Putting the pieces together: removing the barriers to excellent patient care’ outlines many of the structural and systematic challenges faced by patients today. It also puts forward some ideas of how it believes systems and structures that underpin the NHS can be reformed and improved.
The report identified that, in many areas, services are currently being planned and commissioned in such a fragmented way that care is often disrupted and in some cases is not available at all. The complexity of accessing the different services, often in different places, with different healthcare providers and professionals becomes too complicated for many patients to negotiate.
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