VirginHealthcare.net are private NHS healthcare centres run by the Virgin group.
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Virgin Healthcare will be opening centres jointly with NHS GPs and other healthcare professionals. The centres will consolidate a wide range of primary care health services in state of the art facilities.
The first Virgin Healthcare centre will open later in 2008 – with an initial roll-out of five further centres, located across England, to open by the end of 2009.
Virgin Healthcare plans to work with existing GP practices in their current structures and under their existing contracts with PCTs. Under this arrangement, GPs will work alongside other healthcare professionals and Virgin Healthcare to jointly create centres that provide a selection of services for the benefit of all patients.
Virgin Healthcare will preserve the most valued elements of primary healthcare and ensure patient continuity of care. The same local GPs working within the NHS will be looking after the same patients. The NHS services will still be free at the point of delivery. Virgin Healthcare premises will be located so that they are still close by to where patients live.
Virgin Healthcare will add in a range of other healthcare services tailored to local demand. The range of these services will be determined in consultation with the local health economy and, as well as GPs, could include dentistry, diagnostics, screening, a pharmacy and a range of conventional and complementary therapies.
