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. 2007 Sep 8;335(7618):475–477. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39303.425359.AD

Companies with commercial contracts to provide primary and community medical services to the NHS in England (March 2007)

Company Service, area covered, contract type (where known)
Private healthcare corporations
BK Health UK 5 medical and health centres (4 practices run under PMS in England and 1 GMS Wales)
Care UK (formerly Anglia Secure Homes) Out of hours provision across Essex
7000 patient practice in Barking and Dagenham (APMS)
HM Prison/Young Offenders Institute, Chelmsford
HM Prison Wellingborough
Chilvers McCrea (subsidiary of Mercury) 23 general practices
Prison care
Out of hours care
Variety of contract forms: GMS, PMS. and APMS
Concordia Health 2 general practices
IntraHealth 4 general practices (PMS)
Mercury (subsidiary of Tribal Group) 1 primary care centre, City and Hackney primary care trust (integrated PMS and WIC [this one not explained in footnote])
Nestor Out of hours provider for 44 primary care trusts and 5 Welsh health boards
2 primary care centres
Forensic medical services—young offender institutions, police authorities, detention centres
Serco All out of hours care for Cornwall
Out of hours care in Cardiff
Cardiff and Leicester prisons
United Healthcare General practice, Derby
Drug company
Pfizer Health Solutions Chronic disease management for North Birmingham and East Birmingham primary care trusts
Joint ventures
Hillingdon Healthcare/Harmoni General practice services in Hillingdon (APMS)
Harmoni /WCI Group Out of hours care for 11 primary care trusts
9 primary care centres
General practitioner providers
Aston Healthcare General practice, Mansfield
Central Surrey Health Community nursing
Devon Doctors Cooperative Out of hours service, Devon
GatDoc Out of hours service, Gateshead
Hurley Group Sternhall Lane, Peckham
Riverside Medical Centre
Hurley Clinic, Lambeth
Local Care Direct Out of hours service, West Yorkshire
NEWDOC Out of hours service, North Warwickshire and District
Northern Doctors Urgent Care Out of hours service, North Tyneside primary care trust
On Call Care Out of hours service, Maidstone
Rushcliffe Mutual Provision of services and practice based commissioning in Nottinghamshire (APMS with primary care trust)
21 general practices
SELDOC Out of hours service Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark
Shropdoc Out of hours service for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Powys and Wrexham
Thamesdoc Out of hours service for Surrey primary care trust
Wayside Surrey Heath and Woking local prison (APMS)
Wolverhampton Doctors on Call Out of hours service for primary care trust
Wsdoc Out of hours service for West Sussex
7 out of hours surgeries

GMS= General medical services contract, PMS=personal medical services contract, APMS=alternative provider of medical services contract.