“Polyclinics are a London solution to a London problem. Patients find it difficult to get a GP appointment and turn up at the A&E (Accident and Emergency) when they should be seeing a family doctor,” Ruth Carnall, chief executive of NHS, London, said.

 In a “sweeping change” aimed at improving primary health care in London, Yoga classes will be offered for free at the first five ’super-surgeries’ due to open here in the next five years.

As part of National Health Service (NHS) reforms, every primary care trust in London is expected to build a polyclinic and the first five will be built in Harrow, Hounslow, Lambeth, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. Some of these are expected to open by next March.

The super surgeries or polyclinics will offer free yoga class besides offering GP (General Practitioner-Doctor) appointments in the evenings and blood tests, ultrasound scans, physiotherapists and screening for HIV and diabetes on weekends.