Optimising access to primary care services for young people: lessons from England and Australia

Journal article

Young people’s health has recently received growing attention, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and rightly so. Globally, it is estimated that around 4500 10–24-year-olds die each day, with leading causes being injuries, interpersonal violence, fatal self-harm, and maternal conditions (such as postpartum haemorrhage).1 Young people are the future generation of adults and it is in our interest that health systems, especially primary healthcare as the first point of contact in most developed countries, enable them to develop holistically to achieve their potential. In this editorial, we review primary healthcare systems in Australia and England — which have a similar accessible universal model of care — and consider how access to primary care services can be optimised for young people aged 10–25 years

Authors: Rengasamy, ER; Hiscock, H; Newlove-Delgado, T; Mughal, F

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners
• Journal: British Journal of General Practice
• Volume: 74
• Issue: 747
• Pages: 440-442
• Publication date: 2024-09-26
• DOI: 10.3399/bjgp24x739461
• EISSN: 1478-5242
• ISSN: 0960-1643
• Language: English
• Keywords: Population; Primary health care; World Wide Web; Medicine; Nursing; Primary care; Family medicine; Computer science; Environmental health