Several areas in the East of England have been chosen to pilot the government’s new neighbourhood health service.
Parts of Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Essex, Hertfordshire and Suffolk have been selected to take part in the new £10m model, which aims to shift care out of hospitals and into the community.
Each area would be led by a local programme director working with GPs, nurses, social care workers, pharmacists and voluntary organisations, to better direct patients and limit A&E visits.
Dr Neil Modha, a GP at Thistlemoor medical centre in Peterborough, said it was “really good news” and would be beneficial to the area.