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<p>On 8 January 2015, NHS England published the results from the latest GP Patient
Survey. The survey provides information on over 880,000 patients’ overall experience
of primary care services and their overall experience of accessing these services<em>.</em>
The survey contains the questions, <em>Do you have a written care plan?</em>, and
the following table provides the results from patients who identified themselves as
having either <em>arthritis or a long term joint problem</em> or <em>a long term back
problem </em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>Do you have a written care plan?</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>Don’t
Know</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of patients who have arthritis or a long-term joint problem</p></td><td><p>5.6%</p></td><td><p>90.8%</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of
patients who have a long-term back problem</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>91.2%</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information about the GP Survey can be found at the following
link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/2015/01/08/gp-patient-survey-2014/"
target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/2015/01/08/gp-patient-survey-2014/</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Mandate to NHS England makes clear that all
patients with a long-term condition should be offered a personalised care plan. NHS
England is developing resources to support practitioners and commissioners to introduce
effective personalised care planning in their local areas, including the recently
launched handbooks on personalised care and support planning, which can be found at
the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/out-frwrk/dom-2/ltc-care/"
target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/out-frwrk/dom-2/ltc-care/</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also working with GP practices to identify the
2% of their patient population most at risk of hospital admissions so care plans can
be developed for them as the top priority.</p><p> </p>
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