Taskification in general practice: A solution to, or an aggravator of, the workforce crisis?

Amanda N. Rasmussen, Imelda Mcdermott, Sharon Spooner, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Division of Pharmacy , The University of Manchester, Health Services Research , Primary Care, The University of Manchester

Journal of Health Services Research & Policy

Published online on November 19, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 120-124, April 2026.
As a solution to the current international workforce crisis in general practice, many countries are introducing initiatives of task-shifting. These initiatives involve a tendency to ‘taskification’, which means that complex work is dissected into smaller ...