"The time has come to stop just describing the problem of multimorbidity, but to do something about it" says Professor Chris Salisbury in an editorial piece in the British Journal of General Practice.

Multimorbidity is the existence of multiple long term conditions in one patient and is a growing area of interest in the medical literature.  This editorial describes some of the current knowledge around the problem of multimorbidity and goes on to suggest ways that management of such patients could be improved, beginning with the organisation of general practice.

The full editorial can be read here