Doctors need to 'maintain generalist skills' to treat an ageing population

Getty/AleksandarNakic

Doctors need to focus on maintaining “generalist” skills as they specialise, in order to provide care for growing numbers of elderly people with multi-morbidity, the chief medical officer for England has said.

CMO Professor Chris Whitty said that governments had not planned adequately for this growing population – warning that the elderly are increasingly concentrated in coastal and rural areas.