Who is Assura?
Assura is a division of the Assura Group, one of the countrys leading investors in primary health care services and premises. The aim of the company is to form partnerships with groups of GPs to provide credible high quality health care services out of hospital and closer to the patients home. The purpose of the partnerships is to build on the opportunities presented by PBC, but to operate as GP Provider Companies which are separate from PBC groups. Each local Assura GP Provider Company is a 50:50 joint venture between the GPs, clinicians and Assura. Assura operates nationally and aims to have a network of GP Provider Companies covering on aggregate at least 10% of the UK population by 2010.
Related Questions
- We already provide some of these extra services to a proportion of patients in the area. Would we have to do these through the Assura GP Provider Company?
- What happens if we decide at a later date that Assura or an Assura Local LLP is no longer in the best interests of our staff or patients?
- Explain how Assura will provide start-up capital and working capital to each local GPCo?
