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CPD: Managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms – beyond investigations

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BMA reaches agreement with insurers to not discriminate based on Covid testing

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GP practice face mask advice is under review

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Government halts planned rollout of test and trace app

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Let them eat antibody tests

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‘Vital’ that GPs are informed of plans for shielding programme

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Nearly all GP practices sign up to primary care network DES

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Northern Ireland GPs’ open letter to health minister Robin Swann

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Can we talk about death?

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Being of Bangladeshi origin doubles Covid-19 death risk, finds PHE review

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GPs to support care home residents with Covid-19 ‘remotely and face to face’

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People who lose taste and smell should now self-isolate, says Government

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Care home ‘clinical leads’ will not be held ‘medically responsible’ for residents

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Leading GP says schools should not reopen until Covid numbers ‘much lower’

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Centralised Covid-19 data collection to ‘ease burden’ on GPs

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Primary care experts back redeployment of BAME staff away from the frontline

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GPs will only get reimbursed for Covid absence cover if staff can’t work remotely

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Staffing Covid hot hubs falls under GMS contract, says NHS England

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BMA threatens legal action over coroner’s death verification advice

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Practices opting out of DES won’t get ‘better’ contract locally, warns NHSE

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LMC condemns expectation GPs use own cars for Covid home visits

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First female GP has died with Covid-19 aged only 56

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The Government is happy with a laissez faire approach (except for GPs)

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Covid-19 deaths in care homes reducing across most of UK

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Patients should not be directed to NHS 111 for Covid testing, GPs told

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Doctors no more likely to die with Covid-19, according to ONS analysis

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Government’s ‘confusing’ Covid message to put strain on GP practices, warns BMA

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All care homes should have named clinician by Friday, says Government

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GP practices not expected to have to open during late May bank holiday

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GPs ‘giving up’ on month-long process to join Covid assessment phone line

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Death verification: Department of Health guidance on remote process

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Postnatal checks: How to use phone consultations to reduce contact during 6-8 week baby checks – May

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Practices can consider remote working or ‘buddying’ to get BAME GPs off frontline

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Funding: Template reimbursement form for practices – April

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GP practices left having to buy PPE at extortionate prices from opportunistic sellers

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Testing, testing, 1, 2, 100,000

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DHSC says GPs can provide ‘remote clinical support’ for death verification

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PHE review into BAME Covid-19 deaths will trawl thousands of health records

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GP practice PPE supply remains ‘a postcode lottery’, says BMA

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GP from Greater Manchester becomes the eighth to die with Covid-19

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GPs with Covid-19 symptoms should stay off work even if test is negative, says NHS

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Winter flu immunisation programme set to be ‘substantially expanded’

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Virtual care home rounds ‘not part of DES for now’, says NHS England

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GP practices can send unlimited number of texts to patients as caps lifted

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GPs must not be punished for ‘no PPE, no see’ approach, says MPS

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Examination of patients: How to carry out remotely for different symptoms – 15 April

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Shielding: RCGP information for GPs in different parts of the UK – July

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Testing: How GPs can book a swab test to find out if they have Covid-19 – May

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Care homes: NHS guidance on re-use of medicines during Covid-19 – 28 April

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GP practices asked to ‘risk assess’ black and ethnic minority staff

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Childhood immunisations: How a practice reduced face-to-face time – 28 April

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NHS England letter: Second phase of NHS Covid-19 response, 29 April

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GPs told to start ‘virtual’ weekly care home rounds from next month

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Coroners clash with BMA over death verification during coronavirus pandemic

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GP practices spending 26 hours a week verifying shielded patient lists

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Death verification: BMA and RCGP protocol for remote approach – April

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Patients recovering from Covid-19: How to manage their psychological needs – 16 April

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GP patient records to be shared outside practices during pandemic

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Asthma UK admits its earlier shielding guidance ’caused confusion’

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Death verification: LMC guide on how to carry out remotely – April

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Renal dialysis patients added as shielding list reaches 1.85m patients

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Second trust recognises BAME staff as ‘vulnerable and at risk’

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Families of all frontline NHS staff who die with Covid to get £60k payout

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Dr Kamlesh Kumar Masson becomes seventh GP to die with Covid-19

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BMA joins call to suspend prescription charges during pandemic

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GPs alerted to ‘coronavirus-related’ condition emerging in children

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NHS England to allow local agreement on May bank holiday GP opening

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GP trainee launches legal action against Government over PPE guidance

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BAPIO addresses NHS employers over high mortality rates among BAME staff

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GP urgent cancer referrals decline by more than 70% as ‘fewer patients come forward’

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NHS 111 booked slots to ‘inevitably’ be for only ‘really unwell’ Covid patients

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GPs voice concern for care home patients as thousands have now died

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NHS Wales to run search of missing shielded patients instead of GP practices

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Four more conditions added to Covid-19 ‘shielding’ list

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NHS Digital apologises for sending nearly 11,000 shielding letters to dead people

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GPs can refuse to treat patients with ‘inadequate’ PPE, says BMA

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Scottish Government guarantees locum death-in-service benefits during pandemic

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Cancer patients from highest referring GP practices ‘have lower mortality rates’

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NHS England is reviewing suspension of national screening programmes

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Fourth GP dies with coronavirus

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GP list cleansing and Friends and Family Test suspended to focus on Covid-19

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GPs ‘strongly discouraged’ from prescribing antimalarials for Covid-19

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NHS England places caps on reimbursement rates for Easter opening

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NHS England gives GPs until Monday to review patients who should be shielding

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GPs ‘should continue to take individual approach to DNR forms’

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GP practices mourn nurse who died with Covid-19

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Death certification: Chief Coroner’s Office guidance – 30 March

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NHS England outlines GP practice Easter opening requirements

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Death certification changes: NHS England explanatory notes – 31 March

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GPs told to share Covid-19 patient information with Government

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GPs lacking ‘hot hub’ access advised to set up Covid-19 zones in their practices

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GPs told to avoid ‘looping’ Covid-19-symptomatic patients back to NHS 111

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GPs asked to set up dedicated home-visiting team for ‘shielded’ patients

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Pneumonia: How to manage in the community during Covid-19 – 3 April

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Regional commissioners should ‘save’ Covid-19 tests for GPs, says NHS England

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Asthma: Definition of severe cases and use of high dose inhaled steroids – 3 April

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NICE publishes rapid Covid-19 guideline for severe asthma

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Contraception: How to manage without face-to-face consultations – 19 March

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GPs ‘should not use breathlessness score over phone to assess Covid-19’

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PHE publishes updated guidance on use of PPE – 2 April

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Scottish GP practices receive £15m cash injection to ease coronavirus pressures

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GP practices told to continue registering new patients

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Video consultations: NHS England’s key points on setting up systems – 27 March

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PPE: How to 3D print your own protective equipment – April

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Electronic prescription service: NHS England update – 27 March

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Patient registration: NHS England guidance

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Operating model for general practice during Covid-19 – 27 March

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GPs should not examine children’s throats ‘unless absolutely necessary’

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Pregnant GPs: Precautions to take at work during Covid-19 – 28 March

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GPs to start getting tested for coronavirus from this week

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GPs can request emergency 72-hour PPE to fill distribution ‘gaps’

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‘Reassuring’ evidence on surgical masks for GPs but only in use with other PPE

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Health secretary and Prime Minister test positive for coronavirus

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GMC re-registers nearly 4,000 former GPs to join coronavirus battle

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NHS England and CQC deploy clinical staff to coronavirus frontline

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GPs can certify death without attending under new emergency legislation

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Retired GPs: GMC and NHS guidance – March

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Coronavirus crisis further delays NHS plans for GP workforce boost

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RCGP asks for clarity on when GPs should be wearing PPE

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GPs and hospital doctors ‘will die’ without proper PPE, BMA warns

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Over 5,000 medical students will join NHS coronavirus effort ‘next week’

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Hundreds of GPs volunteer to help NHS 111 in their spare time

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Video consultations: Tips for primary care during Covid-19 – March

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Hancock: GPs will be able to find out if they have had coronavirus ‘very soon’

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RCGP publishes workload prioritisation guide for GPs during pandemic

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BMA sets up coronavirus fundraiser

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NHS England warns some urgent cancer referrals will need to be downgraded

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Appraisals: NHS England stance during Covid-19 outbreak – 19 March

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Public health local teams: Who to call for Covid-19 advice – March

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Sick notes: How patients can access ‘isolation notes’ – 20 March

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Practices will not be reimbursed for locum cover from day one if GPs self-isolate

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GMC asks 5,000 unlicensed GPs to return to work in coronavirus crisis

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GPs can defer medication reviews to October

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PCN service specifications delayed until after coronavirus outbreak

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Government tables emergency legislation amid coronavirus crisis

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Government introduces ‘drastic action’ against coronavirus

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Chief medical officers’ 12 March letter on supporting doctors in a coronavirus epidemic

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Chancellor raises income level at which GP tax-free pensions are tapered

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Pensions taxation pushing GPs to consider early retirement

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PCNs may face tax bill for funding unspent by 31 March

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The 60-year recruitment crisis

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Number of full-time qualified GPs falls by 277 in a year

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CQC specialist adviser quits role due to disillusionment with inspection process

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GP reinstated onto medical register after having name cleared of sexual assault

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PCNs can start recruiting new roles early using unspent funding, says NHS England

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Church of England withdraws planning application to evict GP practice

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Open Surgery: Fix me

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Crisis town GP surgery forced to stop offering appointments for one week

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Major GP IT supplier joins system for reporting adverse drugs to MHRA

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GP practices to send out distress signals when facing ‘unsafe’ workload pressure

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New QOF points added to contract backed by £10m funding envelope

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GP practices can offer £20k partnership incentives to pharmacists and practice managers

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New report calls for GPs to become salaried NHS employees

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DHSC: GP workforce will be boosted by fast-track courses for health professionals

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Open Surgery: You’re toast

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Patient died by suicide after A&E referred him back to his GP

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BMA and GMC tell European doctors they are welcome as UK leaves EU

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London councils call for improvements to GP premises

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Surgeries run by former CCG chair shut down permanently

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