CLOSURE OF PRIORS FIELD GP SURGERY on 31.3.2023
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An announcement
has been made that the GP Partners at Priors Field
Surgery, who currently hold a contract to deliver services at Priors Field
Surgery, are taking retirement from the practice and have served notice to
terminate their contract.
The
practice will close its doors when the contract ends on 31 March 2023.
Arrangements are in hand with NHS Cambridgeshire &
Peterborough and NHS England to arrange for the patients of Priors Field
Surgery to transfer to other local GP practices when the surgery closes. Ie others in the Fenland Group Practice and
some for Haddenham and Ely. They are
committed to ensuring all patients have access to high quality GP services and
care in the future and will provide a smooth transition to patients’ new GP
practice. But there are concerns for
people who may have problems travelling to these new sites.
At this stage, patients do
not need to take any further action. You will soon receive a letter confirming
which local GP practice you have been allocated, and details about your
transfer.
From now until your registration is complete you will continue to
receive GP services from Priors Field Surgery in the same way as you do now.
Where a mobile phone number is held for you which allows the practice to
send text messages to you, a text will be sent to confirm that your
registration your new practice has been completed.
They appreciate patients may have some concerns about the closure and
aim to address these through their Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), which can
be found on the Fenland Group Practice website
Drop in sessions for Tuesday 7 March and Wednesday 8 March are
planned. See surgery website for details
or contact the surgery.
East Cambridgeshire District Council has said it is extremely concerned
over the announced closure of the GP practice at Priors Field and is ‘urgently
looking into’ the issue and District Councillor Lorna Dupre has set up a
petition