BMJ 2008;336:1270 (7 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39602.516921.4E (published 5 June 2008)
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New buildings not needed for polyclinics, says King’s Fund
Zosia Kmietowicz
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Local NHS organisations should be given the freedom from Whitehall to implement large health centres or "polyclinics" in the way that they think will best serve their population, the head of one of the United Kingdom’s leading organisations for research into healthcare policy has said.
In particular, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the King’s Fund, said that local health bodies should not be required to erect new buildings to house polyclinics when other ways of implementing the policy will work.
Mr Dickson acknowledged that advances in technology, changes in patients’ expectations, and staff working hours signal a need to review how and where care is delivered. The polyclinic approach, which has been discussed as part of the health minister Ara Darzi’s NHS review, aims to meet the government’s plans for a more patient focused and integrated health service.
A report from the King’s Fund, published ahead of Lord Drazi’s final
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