are either excluded or treated like battery pigs". The Independent included a balanced article on them, explaining the possible benefits and disadvantages. External references Polyclinics: An integrating or disintegrating force?: A Civitas debate held on 29 May 2008 at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Chaired by Professor Aidan Halligan with contributions from Professor Steve Field, Chairman, the Royal College of General Practitioners; Professor Steve Smith, Principal, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London and CEO of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Dr Oliver Bernath, CEO, Integrated Health Partners; and Professor Martin Roland, Director NPCDC, University of Manchester. Commentary by Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, Chairman, Healthcare Commission. Ideas from Darzi: Polyclinics NHS Confederation report Local hospitals: lessons for the NHS, Central Middlesex Hospital case study References National Health Service (England) 2009 establishments in England 2009 in politics Clinics in the United Kingdom