This is what GP columnist Chris Lancelot thinks about polyclinics - they're wrecking general practice before they've even started. Is this what's happening in your area?
'A vicious planning blight has descended upon primary care. The damage potential of the Darzi clinics is so great that it has rendered nearby GP practices almost incapable of action.
'Those situated near the planned polyclinics have been talking openly of losing half their patients. What practice will take on new staff, extend its premises, engage a new partner or replace a retiring one under these circumstances?'
Read his full searing commentary in next week's GP.