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GPs must manage far more of people’s social and health needs, the government’s chief adviser on primary care says today.

In a report, Dr David Colin-Thomé, the national clinical director for primary care, also calls for many existing hospital services to be moved into one-stop community centres.

Colin-Thomé says his proposals, which chime with those in last year’s health and social care white paper, would both save money and improve patient care.

His intervention follows a report from government older people’s health tsar Professor Ian Philp, which also sought to take forward the white paper’s aims.