{"id":4636,"date":"2023-05-31T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/?p=4636"},"modified":"2024-09-27T10:36:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:36:38","slug":"new-healthcare-strategy-unveiled-at-international-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/2023\/05\/31\/new-healthcare-strategy-unveiled-at-international-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"New Healthcare Strategy Unveiled at International Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4636\" class=\"elementor elementor-4636\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b2e30 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b2e30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-987cbcc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"987cbcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9c116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa9c116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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As a result, hospitals are the first port of call for many people \u2013 clogging up the system.<\/p>\n<p>By targeting more resources for health promotion and disease prevention the charity believes it can stop many more people falling ill and either needing hospital treatment or having to become reliant on medicine to manage disease.<\/p>\n<p>Through the provision of more local clinics, such as the one opened at Tangra last year, it aims to provide better primary care to more people, closer to home, and help relieve pressure on over-stretched hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ghosh explained that they also wanted to focus CR\u2019s medical services on the most prevalent diseases and give nurses and pharmacists an increasing role in managing the clinics.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf29eb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cf29eb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230520_202458456.MP-reduced-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4641 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230520_202458456.MP-reduced-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230520_202458456.MP-reduced-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230520_202458456.MP-reduced-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825\/550;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230520_202458456.MP-reduced-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4641\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230520_202458456.MP-reduced-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230520_202458456.MP-reduced-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230520_202458456.MP-reduced-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cab9092 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cab9092\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Currently at CR clinics everybody sees a doctor on each visit, but many patients with chronic conditions are there to get repeat prescriptions and don\u2019t need to see a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>This will shorten the waiting time for patients and allow doctors to spend more time with those who really need their expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Where good quality government services are available for free, CR will always refer people there to ensure that the charity doesn\u2019t duplicate services and only uses its resources where they are really needed.<\/p>\n<p>Jaydeep said the plan was not revolutionary, but would be building the original vision of Dr Jack and the work that CR had been pioneering for years.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the strategy had been approved by the charity\u2019s Governing Council he said it would take about a year to draw up a detailed implementation plan and start reorganising services to align with the strategy.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Healthcare Strategy Unveiled at International Meeting May 31, 2023 An increased focus on primary care, health promotion and disease prevention were the centrepieces of a new medical strategy for the charity which was unveiled at its International Meeting in Bristol, UK, in May. 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