About us
The Primary Care Body is dedicated to ensuring the highest quality care of Primary Care within the Island.
Secretary: Aimee Maskell
Members: Gordon Callander, Ed Klaber, Nigel Minihane, Bryony Perchard, Rob Pierce
Safeguarding Co-Ordinator: Nel Montague-Rendell
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In Jersey, GPs surgeries are private businesses and Primary Care doctors (also known as General Practitioners or family doctors) are commonly a patients first contact with a medical health professional for their health concerns. All GPs are on the States of Jersey Performers List. This enables doctors to demonstrate that they are up-to-date and fit to practise according to the standards laid down by the General Medical Council (GMC) and that any concerns or complaints about a doctor are investigated within Jersey and are acted upon promptly and appropriately.
Primary Care Body's Aims:
- To encourage and promote the practice of High Quality Primary Care
- To promote high standards of professional conduct among practitioners
- To encourage and promote the study and development of Primary Care
- To work with other agencies to foster development of health services that ensure patient safety and quality of care
- To represent the views of General Practitioners to other organisations or agencies in particular:-
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- the administration of the profession
- civil rights or liberties or matters of public interest, or
- the enactment of legislation or the review or reform of existing laws pertaining to Primary Care
- changes to delivery of Primary Care in the future
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