ChilversMcCrea and The Practice join forces

Posted on November 24, 2010. Filed under: Providers | Tags: |

ChilversMcCrea website Leading healthcare provider, The Practice, announces expansion news which will bolster its already extensive network of GP surgeries and walk-in centres. As of 19 November 2010, Chilvers & McCrea Ltd (Surgery business) became part of The Practice group. Combined, the group will now provide care to over 150,000 NHS patients registered in England [...]

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The Practice snaps up Chilvers McCrea surgery empire

Posted on November 24, 2010. Filed under: Providers | Tags: |

Pulse | 24 Nov 10 | By Ian Quinn Private provider The Practice has taken over Chilvers and McCrea Ltd, taking its growing business to 50 practices and GP-led health centres. After completing the deal, the company predicted that smaller organisations would no longer be able to survive under the Government’s white paper plans. Private firms are [...]

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Darzi centres predicted to struggle in NHS budget squeeze

Posted on November 19, 2009. Filed under: GP-led health centres, News stories | Tags: |

Pulse | By By Nigel Praities | 19 November 2009 Darzi centres will bear the brunt of shrinking NHS budgets and a lack of forward planning when their budgets were set by PCTs, says a top entrepreneurial GP. Dr Rory McCrea, a GP in Waltham Abbey and a founder of the UK’s first corporate provider of [...]

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APMS firm got 10% pay boost

Posted on October 20, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Providers | Tags: , |

Pulse | By Steve Nowottny | 20 October 2009 Exclusive: A private company received 10% extra over the value of its core APMS contract through a single local enhanced service-style payment in the first year of running a GP practice, Pulse can reveal. Creswell Primary Care Centre in Derbyshire, which was taken over by the [...]

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Private provider faces PCT sanctions

Posted on October 6, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Providers | Tags: , |

Pulse | By By Gareth Iacobucci | NHS North East Essex | 6 October 2009 NHS managers are threatening to remove a private company’s APMS contract after accusing the firm of ‘under-estimating’ the challenge of running GP services and not providing continuity of care. NHS North East Essex is threatening to take ‘draconian measures’ against [...]

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Recession forces Chilvers McCrea to drop APMS contract

Posted on April 28, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Providers | Tags: , , , |

Pulse | By Gareth Iacobucci | 28 April 2009 A squeeze on bank lending is forcing private providers to ditch APMS contracts, Pulse can reveal. Chilvers McCrea Healthcare, which manages over 30 practices across the UK, has been forced to terminate its contact to run an APMS practice in Essex because of the tough economic climate. [...]

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The Practice plc expands with a new surgery in West London

Posted on April 21, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Providers | Tags: , |

The Practice | Hillingdon PCT | News | 21 April 2009 The Practice plc, through its associated company The Practice Surgeries Ltd, has further expanded its growing network of GP practices with a new surgery in West London. Yeading Lane Medical Centre in Hillingdon adds to the company’s existing local presence and comes on board [...]

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GP-led firms are the big APMS winners

Posted on April 17, 2009. Filed under: GP-led health centres, News stories | Tags: , , , , , , , |

Pulse | By Gareth Iacobucci | 18 November 2008 Companies led by GPs are the big winners in the Government’s rollout of APMS services and are dominating the bidding for services across the country, a new analysis reveals. But a new breed of business-minded GPs are blurring the boundaries between general practice and the private sector [...]

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