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Failing GP practices will face closure under plans being unveiled in England.
The Care Quality Commission confirmed the sanction as they announced the special measure regime being used for hospitals will be extended to GPs.
It is effectively the first time there will have been a national failure regime for the profession.
Practices given the bottom rating - inadequate - will get six months or a year to resolve problems before facing being shut down.
Prof Steve Field, the CQC's chief inspector of GPs, said: "Most GP practices provide good care.
"But we can't allow those that provide poor care to continue to let their patients have an inadequate service."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28775987
The Care Quality Commission confirmed the sanction as they announced the special measure regime being used for hospitals will be extended to GPs.
It is effectively the first time there will have been a national failure regime for the profession.
Practices given the bottom rating - inadequate - will get six months or a year to resolve problems before facing being shut down.
Prof Steve Field, the CQC's chief inspector of GPs, said: "Most GP practices provide good care.
"But we can't allow those that provide poor care to continue to let their patients have an inadequate service."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28775987