Big clinics idea ruled out for Cumbria
Last updated 15:57, Wednesday, 14 May 2008
HEALTH bosses have given a reassurance that large clinics of GPs – which require patients to travel further – would not be right for Cumbria.
It follows concern from prospective parliamentary candidate and Tory councillor Chris Whiteside about the Government’s proposals for large polyclinics in the UK.
He described them as “super surgeries” where many GPs practices are brought together, resulting in the closure of some individual practices and further to travel for patients.
But a spokesman for Cumbria Primary Care Trust said: “Polyclinics were recommended as part of a review of services in London and while there may be an appropriate for a densely populated urban area, they do not meet the needs of people in Cumbria.
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