Intrahealth (UK)
Intrahealth is a provider of Primary Care services based in Durham UK. Not to be confused with IntraHealth International an international charity based in North Carolina or Intrahealth Systems Limited, a software company.
They run 18 GP surgeries, 5 Community Pharmacy services and a range of NHS Community Services including anticoagulation (warfarin), immunisation / vaccination services and medicines management.[1]
Intrahealth was one of a number of companies founded by GPs cited by the NHS Support Federation in a report described a process of commercialisation masked by some providers being referred to as ‘GP-led', when in reality, many described in this way have a commercial focus, with ‘profit-making intent and a traditional corporate management structure'.[2]
In 2011 when Clinical Commissioning Groups were first proposed the company planned to develop a commissioning consortium of non-neighbouring practices covering its more than 40,000 registered patients. According to its plan “This proposal… challenges the notion of working in geographical clusters and opts for a model based on working with like-minded practices (having a similar or identical opinion, disposition). “Intrahealth’s commissioning vision is to bring the care of our patients closer to home; we want our clinicians to have ownership and it to be local ownership with clinical decisions made closer to the patient.”.[3] Subsequently it was decided that Clinical Commissioning Groups were required to be physically contiguous, so their proposal did not proceed.
References[edit]
- ^ "Welcome". Intrahealth. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Private companies 'now running more than 200 GP surgeries'". Pulse. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Independent sector GP provider developing consortium in North East". Health Service Journal. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2014.