Recommendation 27

Personal lists are the best way to deliver continuity of care and are therefore an essential component of improving the levels of continuity provided in NHS general practice. We recognise the pressures in general practice but we believe that delivering high levels of continuity will reduce pressure on GPs rather than increase it by enabling them to be more efficient. Moreover, as patients are already The future of general practice 43 assigned a named GP, implementing personal lists in the short term can be a matter of changing consultation habits and patterns rather than requiring a contractual change.