The consultation on GP services for those who were patients at the recently closed Pennygate Surgery has officially been launched.
Services have been moved to the Johnson Hospital after last month’s retirement of Dr Azmeena Nathu.
The move angered many patients concerned over how far they would have to go to see a doctor.
It followed three consecutive reports by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that had rated Pennygate Surgery inadequate.
South Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CGC) has now launched the official three month consultation into the future healthcare provisions in the area.
A spokesman for the NHS, said: “The consultation will run for three months until 31 December 2018, and will ask all Spalding residents, including patients previously registered at the Pennygate Health Centre, to share their views and concerns either via an online survey, by completing a paper copy of the survey, and/or by attending one of five consultation events to be run in Spalding from mid-October to mid-December.”
Rebecca Neno, deputy director of nursing and quality at South Lincolnshire CGC: ““We are very keen to hear the views and concerns of local people including former Pennygate Health Centre patients, as well as any ideas or suggestions people may have about primary care services.
“We met with a number of patients when we held drop-in engagement events at the practice before it closed on September 7, and their feedback will be considered alongside the responses given during the public consultation.”
The consultation events are:
Wednesday October 17, 3pm-5pm at South Holland Centre, Market Place, Spalding.
Tuesday October 30, 6pm-8pm at St Barnabas Day Centre, 2 Clover Way, Spalding PE11 3GD
Thursday November 15, 6pm-8pm at Spalding Primary School, Woolram Wygate, Spalding, PE11 1PB
Friday November 30, 10am-12pm at Pennygate Foundation, PE11 1LT.
Friday December 14, 2pm-4pm at Johnson Hospital, Rooms 124 and 125, Spalding Road, Spalding PE11 3DT.
“We would urge as many people as possible to complete a survey and/or attend one of the consultation events,” adds Rebecca. “It’s vital that we hear what you have to say, as your views will be fed into the process we then undertake to decide what the future provision of GP services looks like.”
The survey is available online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PennygateGP
Paper copies can be requested by ringing 01522 573939 or collected from the Johnson GP Centre at the Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding.
