Practice tectonics: Who owns who in general practice

Dynamic is a good way to describe general practice ownership. The vast majority of practices are still owned and led by GPs in partnerships of one sort or another, but the activity of the networks and corporates is changing the view on the fringes. As general practice ponders where to head for a sustainable, satisfying future, Liane Topham- Kindley surveys the ownership landscape and the changes of the past few years One year hot, the next year not. A major New Zealand health corporate has let its big plan for a national network of general practices go quietly by the wayside but, elsewhere, a new player is just getting started.