Treasury 'Icy cold wind' may end GP independence, says NHS medical director

'Icy cold wind' of finance may 'lock in' GPs to integration

Taking on commissioning budgets may force GPs to give up their historic independence and potentially integrate with secondary care, the NHS medical director has suggested.

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