The debate reported in Parliament touches some useful points.Debate: Hansard However, the reason we have practice boundaries is that since 1948 the Department of Health (with or without Social Security) and the Executive Ctees and various health authority names – now PCTs – have always declined to relax the rule they insist on that anyone within our Practice boujndary may register and seek our services, and crucially that anyone outside we accept we must agree to visit when needed at that address.
Removing that would be a very easy way to eliminate at a stroke and in a quiet and gradual way the problem the government discern with registration.