Father, Husband, GP, Health services researcher at University of Manchester, occasional endurance athlete
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17 Sep 2025
Does anyone still care about continuity? Our new paper exploring patient and clinician perspectives on continuity has been released online. bjgp.org/content/early/2025/…
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Face-to-face GP appointments more important than rapid access for patient satisfaction, says @PatrickBurch et al study
gponline.com/face-to-face-gp… via @nickbostock
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25 Mar 2025
Face-to-face GP appointments linked to higher patient satisfaction manchester.ac.uk/about/news/…
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Patrick Burch retweeted
25 Mar 2025
Patients who see a GP face to face are more likely to be satisfied with their care, research suggests.
A study, published in the British Journal of General Practice, found patient satisfaction was lower at surgeries that relied more both on telephone appointments and consultations with staff who are not GPs.
These non-GP staff may include advanced nurse practitioners, physician associates and practice-based pharmacists.
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Patrick Burch retweeted
26 Feb 2025
It's me!... on Listen to THIS, the podcast exploring how we can improve the quality and safety of healthcare by @THIS_Institute . In it I shared insights from my research / fellowship project about ‘Access to primary care and improving systems’ with @ManziSean and @PatrickBurch
25 Feb 2025
We're excited to share a new series of Listen to THIS, the podcast exploring how we’re improving the quality & safety of healthcare, diving into current and enduring challenges & the work addressing them. Learn more here ths.im/4hdgpfj
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27 Oct 2024
What is the relationship between the volume and type of appointments in general practice and patient experience?
Patrick Burch, William Whittaker and Yiu-Shing Lau
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Patrick Burch retweeted
16 Oct 2024
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A natural experiment.
A researcher finds 2 general practices willing to take part in a study, organises visits & does interview within 2wks.
Then learns we should ask for prior CRN approval. Tries to do things correctly next time.
3 months of bureaucracy later. No interviews.
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19 Aug 2024
Is patient reported continuity associated with better health outcomes? Read our new systemic review.
Patient reported measures of continuity of care and health outcomes: a systematic review | BMC Primary Care
doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-0…
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11 Jul 2024
🥳Many congratulations to Dr's: @ekirwin8 @helen_hayes_ @PatrickBurch & Ben Walker who graduated today. A fantastic achievement, well done all! 🥳
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26 Jun 2024
1/13. Our new paper in BJGP Open reviews the evidence for the delivery of relational continuity of care in general practice in the United Kingdom. We specifically looked at delivery of continuity i.e. what can GP practices do to provide continuity of care to their patients (to ‘deliver’ it). This is the first post of a thread (disclaimer at the bottom). DOI: doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0…
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22 May 2024
Trial of toolkit intervention to improve continuity in The Netherlands shows no effect. Good baseline continuity. Should they have measured UPC/COC index rather than patient reported continuity? @Dr_J_M_Dickson @DrBekkiR shttps://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/5/e078169.full
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27 Apr 2024
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5 Mar 2024
What have UK general practices done to try and improve continuity of care? Read the results of our scoping review here bjgpopen.org/content/early/2… #continuityofcare
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Listen to the audio interview with Dr Patrick Burch on the need for more than just medical notes to provide patients with seamless care in the absence of relational #ContinuityOfCare
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@patrickburch @khcheck @bowercpcman @HealthEcon_Will #PrimaryCare
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27 Feb 2024
Brilliant, insightful #primarycare #research from @PatrickBurch and @PrimaryCareMcr colleagues exploring how #ContinuityOfCare can be incorporated into #healthcare #systems
@NIHRSPCR @GPPACT @sapcacuk @NAPCRG @AAAPC_ANZ @rcgp @FBMH_UoM
In the absence of relational #ContinuityOfCare, how can clinicians, patients, and the health care system create the experience of joined up, continuous primary care? Read the research
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.02…
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This study presents a model of factors affecting the patient’s experience of continuity of care doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.02… @patrickburch @khcheck @bowercpcman @HealthEcon_Will
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30 Jan 2024
Join us at our workshop on ethical issues for academic authors in medicine on 22nd March #BJGPRC
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Patrick Burch retweeted
30 Nov 2023
As always, #THISspace2023 has been really informative and inspiring! I particularly enjoyed the Lightning Talk by @PatrickBurch "The performance of continuity in a fragmented primary care system". Sounds like there are still lots of areas in PC that #humanfactors could support!
30 Nov 2023
Thank you to everyone who joined us at #THISspace2023. We hope it has been a thought-provoking two days. If you couldn't make it to some sessions or want to rewatch, the recordings will be available soon.
ALT Thank you for attending THIS Space 2023
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28 Nov 2023
Children with chest infections are often prescribed antibiotics. However, new research showed that they get little benefit from a commonly-used antibiotic (amoxicillin).evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/an…
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