An Oldham GP practice has lost its contract to treat patients after years of spiralling problems including a fraudster manager who swiped £580,000 to feed her gambling habit.
On Friday, January 28 members of the borough’s clinical commissioning group (CCG), the body that runs general practice, told staff at Failsworth Group Practice it was terminating its contract - leaving 12,000 registered patients in limbo as they await a permanent switch to a new surgery.
It followed damning watchdog reports outlining major problems at the practice, including missed diagnoses which could mean more than 170 people were never diagnosed with potentially life-altering kidney disease.
