Description
Epsom Downs Integrated Care Services
(EDICS) is one of the first and largest groups in the
UK in which GPs have used SPMS (specialist
personal medical services) to contract for out-patient
care for their patients. One of the tasks has been to
develop the role of the GPSI at the gateway between
primary, intermediate and secondary care. This article
discusses how EDICS GPSIs are not simply service
providers, but how they take on an enhanced role in
demand management, service development, and
continuing medical education.
