Multimorbidity is a major issue facing modern-day general practice (RCGP, 2016). The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) defines it as the presence of two or more long-term health conditions (NICE, 2016) and published guidelines on assessment and management of multimorbidity in 2016. Care and support planning (CSP) is a systematic way to carry out annual reviews in general practice to ensure the discussion between the patient and doctor is based on what is important to the person living with long-term conditions (LTCs). It moves away from a tick box approach and replaces it with a genuinely patient-centred conversation. Issues previously discussed in separate appointments are combined in a single review process, no matter the number of LTCs with which they live.
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