Clinics to be built ‘where they are not needed’ - The Sunday Times 21st September 2008

Monday, September 22, 2008

The Government is planning to build dozens of new NHS clinics in areas where they are not required, independent research seen by The Times suggests. Ministers have told each of the 152 local health authorities in England to build at least one “GP-led health centre” in a £250 million scheme to improve patient access to doctors. The £1 million walk-in clinicswill combine surgeries with services such as dentistry and chiropody.

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