Primary care is an important point of contact for people to ask for help when experiencing domestic abuse. Whilst people had disclosed to Healthwatch Surrey that they were being abused, they hadn't talked about their experience of getting support from general practice. We asked 117 GP practices across Surrey to provide us with their domestic abuse data and only 2 were able to provide it, supporting our assertion that a knowledge gap existed. The aim of this research project was to explore whether general practice is meeting the needs of people who are experiencing domestic abuse within Surrey, and what improvements can be made to better meet these needs. We obtained the views, insights and opinions of both domestic abuse survivors and members of the GP practice teams across Surrey. Via an online survey and a series of focus groups and interviews, we sought to gain a deeper understanding of all stages in the survivor's interactions with general practice.
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Primary care is an important point of contact for people to ask for help when experiencing domestic abuse. Whilst people had disclosed to Healthwatch Surrey that they were being abused, they hadn't talked about their experience of getting support from...
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