The GP's role in promoting winter wellness
Every year in the UK there is a seasonal peak in morbidity and mortality during the coldest months. GPs have an important role in promoting winter wellness and we would like to advocate GPs placing more emphasis on a proactive approach designed to reduce risk among vulnerable individuals and familie...
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Royal College of General Practitioners
2017
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| author | Gordon, D Bone, A Pebody, R De Lusignan, S |
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| description | Every year in the UK there is a seasonal peak in morbidity and mortality during the coldest months. GPs have an important role in promoting winter wellness and we would like to advocate GPs placing more emphasis on a proactive approach designed to reduce risk among vulnerable individuals and families. Although some of the activities we already undertake contribute to this goal, others fall short, and few of us promote winter wellness in a coordinated way across our health and social care community. To maximise our effectiveness, primary care teams should be aware of the modifiable risk factors for excess winter mortality and morbidity; and actively manage these as part of planned as well as opportunistic care. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:bcd3438f-de38-40d1-9b8d-559bfb191d062022-03-27T05:27:22ZThe GP's role in promoting winter wellnessJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:bcd3438f-de38-40d1-9b8d-559bfb191d06EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordRoyal College of General Practitioners2017Gordon, DBone, APebody, RDe Lusignan, SEvery year in the UK there is a seasonal peak in morbidity and mortality during the coldest months. GPs have an important role in promoting winter wellness and we would like to advocate GPs placing more emphasis on a proactive approach designed to reduce risk among vulnerable individuals and families. Although some of the activities we already undertake contribute to this goal, others fall short, and few of us promote winter wellness in a coordinated way across our health and social care community. To maximise our effectiveness, primary care teams should be aware of the modifiable risk factors for excess winter mortality and morbidity; and actively manage these as part of planned as well as opportunistic care. |
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