Health centre budget cuts in Suffolk have been criticised by doctors, according to the BBC.
GPs in Haverhill claim they are facing cuts of as much as £300,000 in funding because of a new agreement with Suffolk Primary Care Trust.
The Trust said many of the services provided by doctors can be done more efficiently by pharmacists, nurse practitioners, NHS Direct and others.
Four years ago the health centres were given growth money to help recruit more staff and treat more people, but now they say the cash is being taken away.
The doctors have united and pledged to fight the budget cuts.
Speaking for all the surgeries, Dr Neville Selby said: "It's tremendously demoralising and as a GP you must do your utmost to help the patients you live and work with.
"To have a government organisation telling you that you can't do certain things is downright immoral."
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