Quality in Primary Care Open Access

Editorial

The enigma of patient centredness, the therapeutic relationship and outcomes of the clinical encounter

• Niroshan Siriwardena, Tim Norfolk

Research Paper

Patient expectations of ‘first-contact care’ consultations with nurse and general practitioners in primary care

• Sarah Redsell , Clare Jackson , Tim Stokes , Adrian Hastings , Richard Baker

Research Paper

General practitioners’ attitudes towards the provision of services to young people aged under 16: a cross-sectional survey

• Jane Bethea , Julia Hippisley-Cox , Carol Coupland , Mike Pringle

Research Paper

Which symptomatic patients merit urgent referral for colonoscopy? A UK general practice perspective

• Moyez Jiwa , Michael Gordon , Paul Skinner , Akinoso Olujimi Coker , Rowan Kenny , Lindsey Shaw , Mike Campbell

Research Paper

Evaluation of the impact of orthopaedic guidelines on referrals from primary care to a specialist department

• Yvonne R West , Benjamin JL Kendrick , David M Williamson

Research Paper

Evaluation of the primary/secondary care interface in relation to a primary care rheumatology service

• Sarah Critchley , Elaine Ball

Research Paper

The perceptions of educational steering committees on protected learning time in general practice

• David Cunningham , Diane Kelly

Patient Perspective

Assessing patient, carer and public involvement in health care

• Catherine Sykes

International Exchange

Quality and appropriateness of referrals for dementia patients

• Sundaran Kada, Harald A Nygaard, Jonn T Geitung, Bickol N Mukesh, Mala Naik, Grete Wold, Dag H Soevik

Knowledge Share

Web alert: electronic books for healthcare staff

• Ben Skinner