It’s a company synonymous with corporate general practice, but Healius could soon be a business with no more GPs.

Healius, formerly Primary Health Care, announced on Wednesday it had begun attempting to sell its medical centre business, which contracts more than 1150 GPs.

Company CEO Dr Malcolm Parmenter said the corporate was seeking a buyer for “all or part” of its GP business to fund an expansion of its diagnostics arm.

“I think we have a preference for continuing to own part of the medical centre business, but the revamp or the transformation of that business is a challenging exercise, so we will do that in the next little while.”