Three GP surgeries put into special measures over patient safety concerns

Watchdog takes unprecedented step over ‘significant areas of concern’ at practices in Reading, Liverpool and Sale

NHS inspectors have put three GP surgeries into special measures for the first time after finding failings they judged to be so worrying that patients’ safety was at risk.

The Care Quality Commission has taken the unprecedented step after uncovering “significant areas of concern” at practices in Reading, Liverpool and Sale, Cheshire.

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