BMA fears bill could thwart even distribution of GPs

Clauses in the Health and Social Care Bill could lead to an uneven distribution of family doctors, warns the British Medical Association. Clause 17 abolishes the medical practices committee, which has always controlled the distribution of GPs in England and Wales. 'Abolition of the committee, devolving its functions to individual ...

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