Nurse practitioner management of acute in-hours home visit or assessment requests: a pilot study.

Background: GPs often perceive home-visit requests as a time-consuming aspect of general practice. The new general medical services contract provides for practices to be relieved of responsibility for home-visits, although there is no model for the transfer of care. One such model could be to employ nurse practitioners to manage such requests.

Why do general practitioners from France choose to work in London practices? A qualitative study.

Background: Growing concerns about the ability to maintain and increase the general practitioner (GP) workforce has led to active recruitment of GPs from overseas. However, little is known about why these GPs choose to leave their countries and come to work in London.

Aim: To investigate the motivations and expectations of French GPs migrating to work in general practices in London.