GP practices at risk of closure due to ageing doctors

Name: GP practices at risk of closure due to ageing doctors
Uploaded: 2014-10-02T13:59:44.000Z
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GP practices are at risk of closure because of the number of doctors reaching retirement age.

The issue was debated at the Royal College of GP's annual conference on Thursday after analysis showed 543 GP practices out of the 8,000 in England could be forced to shut in the next year.

Health correspondent Dominic Hughes reports.

Health

2 October 2014