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Information services for primary care: the organizational culture of General Practice and the information needs of partnerships and Primary Care Groups

✍ Scribed by Sue Lacey Bryant

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 73 KB
Volume: 16
Category: Article
ISSN: 1471-1834
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2532.1999.00223.x

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✦ Synopsis

In a primary‐care led National Health Service it is imperative for librarians not only to develop user‐centred services for health professionals based in the community but also to facilitate information management within Primary Care Groups. In this article recent research in the field is discussed, and challenges intrinsic to delivering information services to primary care are identified. Drawing on the experience of one Practice Librarian in the Aylesbury area, the importance of organizational culture is considered, along with its implications for making successful approaches to partnerships. Five factors that motivated these practices to contract the services of an independent librarian are identified. The information needs of Primary Care Groups are discussed and the essential characteristics of future service provision are noted.

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