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Letters Ownership of general practice

Ownership of general practice: some partners take a large profit

BMJ 2021; 373 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1272 (Published 21 May 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;373:n1272
  1. John Sharvill, portfolio general practitioner
  1. Deal, UK
  1. john.sharvill{at}nhs.net

For the first time in many months, I slightly disagree with Salisbury.1 She says that practices don’t have shareholders, but they plainly have “for-profit partners.” Money not spent on staff does not go just on patient …

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