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Funding rules bite bottom line: Practice-owning GP opens up about his business’ cash-flow woes
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Funding rules bite bottom line: Practice-owning GP opens up about his business’ cash-flow woes
Wednesday 16 August 2023, 05:00 AM

August is a difficult month for cash flow in some general practices [Image: Sirozha on iStock]
Reporter Martin Johnston reports on a frank conversation with an owner of a general practice that is only just paying the bills
A busy general practice in a cash-flow crisis got there in part because of the abnormal business operating model imposed by government funding rules.
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