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Partnering with other health professionals is proving a successful formula for one new practice owner. Shannon McKenzie reports

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As well as being home to a state-of-the-art optician's practice, the KCEC is home to a physiotherapist, clinical psychologist and dietician. The aim, explains practice owner and optometrist Jonathan Cohen, is to create a health centre, and the business arguments he outlines for doing so seem very wise indeed.

'It just makes sense to have another health professional working here,' Cohen says. 'On a financial level it helps pay the rent, but thinking more long-term, the future is definitely in multi-disciplinary centres. We get more people through the door - even if they just come in to see the physiotherapist.'

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