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• How committed are private providers?

  So another private provider pulls out of running a surgery - where is their commitment to patients and the good old NHS? Just seven months in to the contract and Atos Origin have given up and will be leaving at the end of the year. Until then, they will... Posted Nov 10 2008, 10:56 AM by Colin Cooper with | with no comments Filed under: patient demand, Private providers, polyclinics

• Scotland slams door on private sector

  GPs in England who are waiting fearfully to find out if the new polyclinic up the road will decimate their patient list may be thinking how different their practices’ prospects would be if instead ‘I’d decided to practise in Scotland.’ For the Scottish... Posted Oct 23 2008, 10:05 AM by Carole Slingsby with | with no comments Filed under: Tendering, Scottish practices, Private providers