Why is Assura and its financial backer Assura Group so interested in doing this?
Assura was formed in response to the opportunities provided by the introduction of PBC. By already owning a significant number of large premises throughout the country, Assura Property identified that if clinicians could organise themselves efficiently to develop new clinical pathways and services and operate from modern, flexible premises, the commissioning authorities would be provided with the ideal health care organisations to deliver the new style of community based primary care services envisaged in the White Paper Our health, our care, our say. This would both improve the patient experience and offer the NHS financial savings through more effective care pathways and efficient delivery of services. As Assura GPCos become nationally recognised local provider companies, they will develop their own critical mass and reputation for quality and efficiency. This will bring more contracts and the opportunity to grow each company to provide a wider range of services creating the organisa
