Plans to integrate services in the capital could lead to general practice being “taken over” by the acute sector, according to Londonwide LMCs.
Dr Michelle Drage, joint chief executive of Londonwide LMCs, believes all practices in the capital will be expected to become part of a polysystem and acute trusts will shape what services they provide.
After a two-month investigation by Londonwide LMCs, Dr Drage believes PCTs in the capital are under particular SHA pressure to shift hospital work towards GPs working in ‘polysystems’ and ‘vertically integrate’ community services with the acute sector.
GP practices would become “little more than chronic disease and outpatient management centres”, Dr Drage said.
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