Patient choice and the wider healthcare team - case study

Supporting information

• You’re a senior partner at the GP practice.
• Mr Davey is a 70-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, which he has had for ten years.
• He has a history of alcohol abuse, but in the last five years has abstained from drinking.
• He recently registered with your new GP practice as he moved to a new house.
• He has made an appointment to see you, as he needs a repeat prescription.