Will a healthcare approach that has been successful in poorer parts of Brazil work in the UK?
Knocking on doors to check on people's health and catch problems before they escalate is common practice across Brazil. But could that approach work in the UK?
"She's keeping an eye on me. I notice she's discreetly taking notes because she's making her own observations," he said. Above all, she has time to listen which she says GPs do not always have given the strict time limit on appointments. "When we started there were quite low numbers coming for smear tests but since then they have shot up."
"In Brazil they have scaled this role to such degree that they have 270,000 community health workers across the whole country, each of which looks after 150 households, visiting them at least once a month," Dr Harris said.
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