Below are two news reports from www.dotpharmacy.com describing the opening of two super-surgeries which include pharmacies.

The really sad thing is that these practices did not know or understand that they could be the profitable owners of the pharmacies within the new centres.

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"This is an excellent book for those GPs who are interested, however distantly, in setting up their own pharmacy" - Medeconomics (January 2005)

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Health minister opens Yorkshire ‘super surgeries’
Health minister John Hutton has opened the first two primary care centres in Yorkshire to be funded through the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust initiative.

Both developments at Goldthorpe and Worsborough, near Barnsley , accommodate GPs, minor surgery suites, diagnostic testing facilities such as ultra-sound scanning and blood tests, health visitors and pharmacies. The £3.5 million Goldthorpe centre additionally houses dentistry and social services and a baby clinic, whereas the £3 million Worsborough centre has space allocated to school nurses and training facilities for healthcare professionals.

Brighton PCT plans 11 ‘super surgeries’
Brighton and Hove City PCT has drawn up plans to develop 11 ‘super surgeries’ as part of its overhaul of primary care services.

The proposal to build or expand three ‘polyclinics’ and develop eight ‘larger surgeries’ are part of the PCT’s Best Care, Best Place consultation. The ‘polyclinics’ will contain one or more large GP practices, diagnostic and treatment facilities, nurses, social care teams, dental services, optometrists, podiatrists and a pharmacy, whereas the ‘larger surgeries’ will host a number of GP practices with a single shared reception, community nurses, and leg ulcer, family planning, dental and pharmacy services.

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Brighton doctors, in particular, should pull their fingers out NOW to think of the golden future but virtually any GP can own their own pharmacy.

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(29/1/05)