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Failing GP practices to be shut down under new special measures regime

GP practices providing ‘inadequate’ care will be given improvement deadlines or face potential closure under a new system of’ special measures’ introduced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

GP practices providing ‘inadequate’ care will be given improvement deadlines or face potential closure under a new system of’ special measures’ introduced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The regulator will introduce the new measures from October, according to a report by the National Health Executive. This will coincide with the time it starts to rate 8,000 NHS GP practices on the basis of whether they are outstanding; good; requires improvement or inadequate. Under the new proposals, where aspects of a service are rated ‘inadequate’, practices will have six months to improve. If they fail to improve they will be

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