BMJ  2005;330:1467 (25 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7506.1467-c

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"Super surgeries" threaten general practice

Adrian O'Dowd

London

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Super sized surgeries and a confusingly large number of ways of accessing NHS care are threats that could "shake general practice to its core," GPs heard last week at an annual conference.

Doctors at the BMA's local medical committees conference in London voted overwhelmingly for a motion saying the government was misguided over the value it gave to the "super surgeries," which would bring several services such as dentistry, health visitors, and a pharmacy as well as general practice under one roof, and that they would not improve quality of care.

Dr John Dracass of the West Hampshire local medical committee proposed the motion and attacked plans by the Modernisation Agency, describing them as a "change in the provision of primary care that will shake general practice to its core and go a long way to destroy it."

"The proposal... is to crush singlehanded and small practices in favour of . . . [Full text of this article]

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