PC SCREEN 

GMSQP Reference Manual

Closing a Practice 

NOTE 

Closing a Practice is permanent. Once a Practice has been closed, no further 

amendments can be made to any of its details. Make sure that this is really what 

you want to do before carrying out the following procedure.

To close a Practice: 

1.

Enter the date of closure in the 

Date closed

 field (described on page 13 10). The 

message  Permanently close practice?  will be displayed. 

2.

If you are sure that you wish to permanently close this Practice, press 

. The message  ** PLEASE CHECK DETAILS BELOW AND 

SEND AGAIN TO CONFIRM **  will be displayed. 

3.

When you have checked the details, and ensured that this is the Practice you 

wish to close, press 

 again. The following screen display will then 

appear. 

 PC]Practice Maintenance Screen           Qualifier[N12345                      ] 

                                                                          page > 

 Practice Code  . N12345 

 Practice Name  . COWICK STREET PRACTICE, EXETER 

 Responsible HA . QDX  North and East Devon HA 

 Date registered  13.07.1999    Date first registered  13.07.1999 

 Contract Type (G or P) .  G      Contract Start Date  01.01.2003 

 Date closed  . . 26.07.1999 

 PCT 5MR  (St. Thomas Primary Care Trust, Exeter) 

 Practice address 11 CLINTON STREET 

 Postcode . . . . EX1 1AA       Grid Ref: 53440 18110 

 STD code . . . .         Tel. no. .             Fax no. . 

 Contact name . . 

 Number of other surgeries  2 

 (Please use qualifier of Practice Code,Surgery Identifier for other 

 surgery addresses). 

Figure 6: Closed Practice Screen 

This screen is read only. 

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