Every hospital to have GPs by 2012
Source: Xinhua |
June 23, 2011, Thursday
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CHINA has pledged to ensure that all hospitals in urban communities and rural townships will have qualified general practitioners, or GPs, by 2012, in an effort to improve health care at grassroots clinics.
At an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao, it was decided that China will establish a system of general practitioners, according to an official statement issued after the meeting.
Known as "door-keepers" for the health of residents in urban communities and rural townships, general practitioners are medical professionals who treat acute and chronic illnesses and provide preventive care and health education.
General practitioners will form the backbone of medical teams at grassroots level, the statement said, and the move will help ease public complaints about the difficulty of accessing quality and affordable care at local clinics.
The statement noted that China faced a shortage of general practitioners and the country's efforts to cultivate such professionals was still at the initial stage.
In the years following 2012, the country aims to establish a health care system featuring general practitioners under which patients can be treated first at local level.
China aims to ensure that for every 10,000 urban or rural residents, there will be two to three qualified general practitioners ready to take care of their health problems.
Qualified general practitioners will have completed a five-year bachelor's degree course in clinical medicine and then three years of specially prescribed education, the statement said.
To make up for any shortage of such professionals, selected medical practitioners in grassroots positions will be able to qualify as general practitioners after one or two years of training.
At an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao, it was decided that China will establish a system of general practitioners, according to an official statement issued after the meeting.
Known as "door-keepers" for the health of residents in urban communities and rural townships, general practitioners are medical professionals who treat acute and chronic illnesses and provide preventive care and health education.
General practitioners will form the backbone of medical teams at grassroots level, the statement said, and the move will help ease public complaints about the difficulty of accessing quality and affordable care at local clinics.
The statement noted that China faced a shortage of general practitioners and the country's efforts to cultivate such professionals was still at the initial stage.
In the years following 2012, the country aims to establish a health care system featuring general practitioners under which patients can be treated first at local level.
China aims to ensure that for every 10,000 urban or rural residents, there will be two to three qualified general practitioners ready to take care of their health problems.
Qualified general practitioners will have completed a five-year bachelor's degree course in clinical medicine and then three years of specially prescribed education, the statement said.
To make up for any shortage of such professionals, selected medical practitioners in grassroots positions will be able to qualify as general practitioners after one or two years of training.
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