My father, Norman Beenstock, who has died aged 92, was a GP at the Clarendon House practice in Hyde, Greater Manchester, from its opening in 1968 until his retirement in 1993.
The Clarendon practice was one of the first in the UK to bring GPs and nurses together under one roof, and Norman was proud of the pioneering work he and his colleagues undertook there. He learned Italian so that he could better communicate with patients newly arrived in Hyde from Italy, and was an early adopter of the concept of clinical audit, which focuses on whether healthcare is being provided in line with best practice standards, while also looking for improvements.
