Warning Over Future of Rural Gp Surgeries ; Health Clinics Which Offer Treatment to Patients in Remote Rural Communities Could Be Axed As They Become the Latest Victims of Government Centralisation Policies, Campaigners Claim.

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Health clinics which offer treatment to patients in remote rural communities could be axed as they become the latest victims of Government centralisation policies, campaigners claim.

Branch surgeries, which offer part-time GP services in venues such as village halls, could be withdrawn because of planned changes to doctors' dispensing powers.

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Warning Over Future of Rural Gp Surgeries ; Health Clinics Which Offer Treatment to Patients in Remote Rural Communities Could Be Axed As They Become the Latest Victims of Government Centralisation Policies, Campaigners Claim.

The stark warning comes from Dr Matthew Stead, chairman of the Cornwall Local Medical Council, which represents GPs in the county. He said branch surgeries were vital to elderly ...

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