Sale on: Tide of change slows but practice ownership remains fluid

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This article was first published online on 8 November.

From Fiona: It’s a decade since my predecessor first started ‘dotting’ our ownership map with general practices fully or partially sold to corporate and PHO networks. Those dots have more than doubled in our latest map, but the trend may be slowing and, in some places, reversing. Read on to find out more