“You're only a receptionist, what do you want to know for?”: Street-level bureaucracy on the front line of primary care in the United Kingdom

Introduction: In care settings across the globe non-clinical staff are involved in filtering patients to the most appropriate source of care. This includes primary care where general practice receptionists are key in facilitating access to individual surgeries and the wider National Health Service....

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Main Authors: Ian Litchfield, Nicola Gale, Michael Burrows, Sheila Greenfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023085067