Hold the schadenfreude - the first Darzi centre closure could be bad news for ordinary GPs

18 Aug 2010

If the first closure of a Darzi centre goes ahead, many GPs will celebrate, writes PulseToday editor Steve Nowottny. But there may be a catch…

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Anonymous,

18 Aug 2010

Cheaper per registered patient?? £800.000 for 800 registered patients? That is £1,000/ patient. 15 times as much as average GMS per patient rate it seems to me... g huisman

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Anonymous,

19 Aug 2010

WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR PROFESSION? THERE IS A WORLD WIDE SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS. WHEN WILL WE INSIST ON A CONTRACT THAT CANNOT BE SO ONE- SIDED? WHAT ABOUT GOING PRIVATE? JOSEF KURIACOSE

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Anonymous,

03 Sep 2010

Excuse me for being a prude, but paragraph three might have a typo...'who for the most part widely imposed the imposition of GP-led health centres a couple of years ago – couldn’t have agreed more.' Paul Conroy

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