Many private primary care services and slimming clinics flout regulations, finds regulator

Almost half of private primary care services and slimming clinics in England aren’t providing safe care, the country’s healthcare regulator has warned. For its new report the Care Quality Commission analysed a sample of inspection reports of private primary medical care services, including general practice services and specialist clinics.1 Safety was identified as the biggest problem across the private primary care sector. In particular it noted concerns about the safety and efficacy of prescribing, poor record keeping, and clinicians not communicating their activity with the patient’s GP. This was often related to …