Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s are set to develop the idea of incorporating a doctors surgery within up to 200 of it’s stores that have been identified as having the appropriate facilities and already have a pharmacy on site.
The company has been trialling the idea since last year in a Manchester store and see the move as stepping up the role of the private sector in the provision of primary health care.
J Sainsbury dismissed reports that they have already approached GPs or Primary care trusts about running the instore surgeries despite a report to the contrary in the health journal ‘Pulse‘.
What next for the supermarket giants that have killed off high street shopping and local trade? Supermarket villages complete with subsidised accommodation and all amenities under one roof?
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