Survivorship care is an essential component of high-quality cancer care due to rising cancer incidence, survival and the recognition of unique health challenges cancer survivors face. Primary care practitioners (PCP) have played pivotal roles in cancer survivorship in the community in first world settings, and current evidence suggest that PCPs can provide more cost-effective and equally safe surveillance care to cancer survivors with no difference in recurrence rates, time to detection of recurrence, mortality and health-related quality of life, compared to specialists. High quality survivorship care is best delivered using a collaborative approach between tertiary based specialists and community-based PCPs.

This article shows how Primary Care Physicians can manage stable chronic schizophrenia with complex psycho-social issues in the community. This is made possible through improved access to mental healthcare services. The case study highlights the utilisation of the Mental Health-GP Partnership Programme and Community Mental Health Team to facilitate a smooth transition and maintenance of mental well-being in the community. Resources like Aged Psychiatry Community Assessment and Treatment Service, Assessment and Shared Care Teams, Community Intervention Teams are discussed as well as future directions to strengthen care in the community.