Mark Ashworth

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimate trends in primary care consultations and antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in the UK from 1997 to 2006, and find that the proportion of consultations with antibiotics was prescribed declined by 1.7% per year in females and 1.8% in males.

TL;DR: Higher reported achievement of activities incentivised under a major, nationwide pay-for-performance programme did not seem to result in reduced incidence of premature death in the population.

TL;DR: Utilisation of newer AEDs in UK primary care has increased between 1993 and 2008 with increasing use of diverse combinations of AEDing, including sodium valproate and lamotrigine.

TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional analysis of routine data was conducted to determine the association between the level of nurse staffing in general practice and the quality of clinical care as measured by the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).

TL;DR: To analyse achievement of metabolic targets by English general practices following the introduction of a new system of incentives, a large number of studies have found that metabolic targets are achieved by general practices but not by specific institutions.