title: The public health physician and the provider.
abstract: A core strength of public health physicians is the ability to bring their skills to the integration of primary care, hospital medicine and local authority public health services. The current move towards a 'purchaser/provider split' is potentially damaging to this.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Scotland
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004813:Epidemiology; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce