Professor urges rethink over polyclinics - The Guardian 22nd March 2008

A leading medical expert has called on the government to rethink its approach to polyclinics, warning that the huge health centres could reduce patient choice and affect the quality of care. Doubts have been raised over the proposed polyclinics - which could each treat as many as 50,000 patients - with doctors expressing fears about the clinics' ability to provide value for money and offer continuity of care. According to a poll in the medical newspaper Pulse this week, 85% of GPs said they believed polyclinics would damage patient care.

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