Many primary care staff are at breaking point.
Many primary care trusts had no wish to outsource services they were happy with.
Compliance with this guideline has always been mixed, with many primary care trusts [CCG predecessor bodies] also not following them.
There is, it seems, a postcode lottery with many primary care trusts and commissioning groups refusing or hugely restricting access.
Many primary care doctors think so, according to a survey published last week in Archives of Internal Medicine.
But many primary care doctors, including family physicians, defend their adoption of the Neurometrix test and say they are not overusing it.
Mindfulness has also been adopted by the NHS, with many primary care trusts offering and recommending the practice in lieu of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
As it is, many primary care clinics are having trouble staying afloat and new clinics are not opening as quickly as hoped.
It also explains why so many primary care trusts (PCTs) have started restricting, or planning to restrict, what they offer patients.
Yet many primary care doctors don't know how to identify a potential drinking problem in their patients or what to do if they suspect a problem may develop.
