Looking at what happens when a GP surgery closes – what are the wider impacts on patients and other practices?

<p>In this episode, we talk to Dr Joe Hutchinson, an academic clinical fellow at the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research at the University of Manchester.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Title of paper: Consequences of the closure of General Practices: a retrospective cross-sectional study</em></p><p><strong>DOI: </strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0501" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0501</strong></a></p><p>Closures of UK general practices are increasingly common, yet little is known about the consequences. This cross-sectional study of English general practices finds practice closures increase list size in exposed practices, with changes in workforce composition and reductions in patient satisfaction.</p>