Polyclinics and us

We've been hearing a lot about polyclinics since surgeon and junior minister Lord Darzi proposed their introduction in his 2007 review of the NHS in London.

And they were a high profile part of his interim report on the future of the NHS in England and Wales also published last year.

Many of you have emailed iPM on the subject in the last couple of weeks. All with concerns about the development of polyclinics in your area.

If you want to find out what these clinics are probably going to look like - you can take a tour with Lord Darzi on YouTube.

You can read Lord Darzi's interium report from October 2007 and updates on the Department of Health's website.

You may also be interested in the views of bloggers Dr Grumble and The Witchdoctor on the subject as well as a defence of polyclinics recently published on The Guardian's Comment is Free.

Leave us a comment or drop us a line if you'd like us to explore further. Is there a particular aspect of this issue you don't feel is being heard? Are you a strong supporter of polyclinics and feel the aims of the clinics have been misunderstood? All comments and opinions welcome.

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