Underfunding drives practices to stop providing non-core services
Eight GP practices in Buckinghamshire have decided to discontinue the provision of underfunded non-core services.
Writing to Berkshire, Buckinghamshire& Oxfordshire (Bucks, Berks& Oxon) LMCs last December, the practices announced their decision to cease the provision of seven different services by August this year at the latest.
These include ear syringing, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, spirometry for diagnosis, ECGs, ring pessary, PSA monitoring and MGUS monitoring. Hide related content:
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