{
  "abstract": "The case for a greater focus on medical “expert generalists” in the NHS has been in the health policy news recently. The NHS England diagnostic review of postgraduate medical training, which I discussed in my last BMJ column,1 was clear on the need for more doctors with good generalist skills, to reflect the reality that our ageing population has a growing number of people with multiple long term conditions. Chris Whitty, lead coauthor of that report and chief medical officer for England, made a similar case in his 2023 report Health in an Ageing Society,2 calling for doctors with the training, skills, and mindset to support a population with those changing needs.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Berkshire"
      ],
      "name": "David Oliver"
    }
  ],
  "title": "David Oliver: Let’s value and expand existing medical generalism, not rename it",
  "uid": "13063520-1b31-5de9-a60d-5dee272d3a01"
}