Supermarket to offer in-store GP


	Supermarket to offer in-store GP

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2-22-2008 3:34 AM

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<FONT size="2">A supermarket in Greater Manchester is believed to be the first in England to offer doctor appointments.
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<FONT size="2">Doctors from three different surgeries will work from a consulting room at a Sainsbury's store in Heaton Park, near Prestwich, from next month.
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<FONT size="2">It is the first phase of a £126,000 pilot by the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust to provide extended-hours medical care.
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<FONT size="2">It means NHS patients in the area can book appointments on selected evenings and weekend days.
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<FONT size="2">The clinic will be staffed by doctors from private company Doctors in Store during the six-month pilot, which starts on 3 March.
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<FONT size="2">Two other out-of-hours services are also likely to be opened in Rochdale town centre during the trial.</FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7886D5A2-B0D3-4F2C-BDF1-FF48D6B2C809/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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