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PCT to 'force patients to register' at Darzi centre.
Suffolk PCT is planning to make patients register at its GP-led health centre, against DoH policy, GPs fear.
Bill Robinson, chief executive of Suffolk LMC, says senior PCT staff told him patients will be obliged to register, although the DoH has said patients can choose to remain registered with their existing practice even if they visit the Darzi centre.
The new health centre is targeting a list size of about 6,000 patients Losing registered patients to the new health centre will destabilise practices, said Dr Robinson.
'The PCT believes it is a safer process to register patients and have that contractual relationship,' he said. 'Our concern is …
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Magazine article from: GP
May 15, 2009
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