Primary health care and Integrated neighbourhood services

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Primary health care andIntegrated neighbourhood
services

• An important part
• Same problems to face
• Several parties involved

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Parties involved

• Health insurance companies
• Health professionals
• Local authority
• Property developer / social housing organisation

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Why does the local authority interfere?

• Although primary healthcare is private
• Citizens ask the council to take care of
• Need for shared locations

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What can the local authority do?

• Investigate future necessities
• Create good conditions for establishment
• Information point
• Price of land
• Case-manager

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Special role in Leidsche Rijn

• Large new housing estate
• Cooperation between
• Local government
• Insurance company
• Julius Healthcare Centre LR

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Our philosophy

• Work together on a common goal
• Dont complain, but take your own responsibility
• Be honest, also when things are going wrong

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Groups of five persons

• Are the ideas you heard usable in your own
  situation?
• Give each other advice
• Do you have tips for Utrecht to improve?

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GGGD Utrecht

• Municipal Health Service of Utrecht
• Aim to ensure the health of all residents of
  Utrecht
• Founded in 1915
• Nowadays 280,000 residents
• Issues unique for large cities

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Tasks of GGGD (few examples)

• Public health policy-making
• Care for drug addicts
• Travellers consulting (vaccinations)
• Youth health service
• Research on health of the population
• Environmental complaints
• Strengthening of primary health care

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Impression of Utrecht

• 280.000 citizens
• 94 general practitioners (on full time basis)
• One full time GPs has about 2350 patients
• Physiotherapists
• 9 centres for primary health care
• 24 group practices for GPs
• At 4 places new initiatives for health centres