Continuity of Care

Relational continuity, or the ongoing interpersonal and therapeutic relationship between a clinician and a patient built up over time, has been described as a ‘cornerstone of general practice’.  Continuity is increasingly conceptualised beyond just relational continuity, and can include informational and episodic continuity, and distributed work across a multidisciplinary team.  

The aims of this group are to bring together UK primary care researchers working on continuity of care its different conceptualisations in practice and to promote research on this topic.

Our specific objectives are to:

• Share, and provide feedback on current research and projects on continuity of care in general practice
• Provide a forum for generating ideas and building multi-disciplinary collaborative projects in a changing general practice landscape
• Bring together researchers, including early career researchers, with similar interests to build relationships for future projects and grant applications
• Support dissemination of ideas and findings within SAPC and to a wider healthcare and policy audience

Co-leads, Nada Khan and Dr Serge Engamba.

If you’d like to join this SIG and discuss all things continuity, please contact the SIG lead: