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Market Street walk-in centre moves towards appointment system amid Covid concerns

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direct to your inboxThe walk-in centre on the second floor of Boots on Market Street is moving towards an appointment system - arguing its waiting room is getting too overcrowded to be safe during the pandemic.Manchester councillors were told that the centre’s provider, GTD Healthcare, wants to ‘rebrand’ the walk-in as an ‘urgent care hub’ or similar until its current contract runs out at the end of July.While patients will still be able to walk in without an appointment, the centre plans to encourage as many people as possible to book through a direct number.Members of the town hall’s health committee expressed concern about longer term access arrangements at the centre, having vehemently opposed the closure of previous walk-ins, but.

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