 LMC leaders have called on the GPC to pave the way for a vast expansion in the private services that GPs are allowed to provide to their patients, by renegotiating the GMC contract to allow practices to charge for treatment not funded by the NHS. |
 Private health provider Assura Medical has been rebranded as Virgin Care, two years after Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group purchased a controlling stake in the company. |
Exclusive GP practices in north London have been told they must absorb 4,700 patients in the next two months after the leading private health provider The Practice Plc announced it will close a high-profile GP practice less than a year after taking over the service. |
 The supply and demand within our NHS needs reforming with a restructured management support system and more proficient transactions, writes Dr James Kingsland. |
 GPs now have to look far harder for to access funding if they want to develop their premises. In that context, this guide is written mostly for those looking for private funding (public funding may still be available and of course this should be explored) and this involves a different set of skills for a practice. |
 Dr Nick Jones gives his tips for earning money by running clinical trials at your practice |
 Dr Krishna Korlipara started one of the first GP co-operatives for out-of-hours care, and argues they represent a far better model than failing out-of-hours companies. |
 They’re little-known and little-understood, but social enterprises can help GP commissioners keep private profits out of public healthcare, writes Ceri Jones. |
 The coalition government claims that its reforms of the NHS will put patients at the heart of healthcare. But contrary to its stated aims, write Dr Salinder Supri and Professor Karen Malone, the government is driven by the desire to open the door to new healthcare providers. |
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