Couverture de Evington GP Meeting 10th December 2024

Evington GP Meeting 10th December 2024

Evington GP Meeting 10th December 2024

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 A Public Meeting was held on Tuesday 10th December at 7.00pm at Evington Village Hall LE5 6 DN This meeting was chaired by Cllr. Zuffar Haq (which invited residents to give their views about the changes taking place in Evington – the closure of the Doctors Surgery on the Common, the closure of the Post Office and the closure of the Pharmacy.) Full meeting podcast: https://evingtonecho.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Evington-GP-Meeting-001.mp3 Present at the meeting were: Cllr Zuffar Haq (Chair) He was representing many residents who had contacted him and were horrified at the 10 days notice to close the Surgery on the Common on Friday 13th December. Two representatives from MPs: Shivani Raja MP and Shockat Adam MP. Two representatives from the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board. Rachna Vyas (Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Director and Nil Sanganee Chief Medical Officer) About 100 residents, at least 50 were patients of the surgery on The Common. The Meeting about the Closure of the Doctors’ Surgery on The Common Cllr. Zuffar Haq opened the meeting by explaining about the loss of facilities in Evington Village and that no further movement had been made with the NHS about the Doctors surgery on the Common, since the meeting at Pilgrim Gardens on 4th December. He said that Downing Drive and Willows were not creditable alternatives and that the Netherhall practice at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Centre involved residents in a 2- hour bus journey there and 2 hours back. He went on to explain that the Centre Bus service was not fit for purpose and stops after 8.00pm. The Chair, Cllr. Zuffar Haq, then asked for questions and comments from the floor. The first question asked about the centre being taken over by the community and whether anyone had looked at the Community Fund being approached to buy the property and upgrade it, or an alternative GP practice to take it on. The Chief Medical Officer (Nil Saganee) explained that a consultation was started in March this year to hear all views after the landlord said the site would no longer be available after 31st December. (The consultation only elicited 84 responses, 51% against closure and 25% supporting it. Dr Wood and son have stated that no date was given for closure.) That no quick decision was made, and that a lot of work was done to look at alternatives for the 1,000 patients who use the practice. He said that Dr. Wood can sell the building to whoever he likes, so the sale is different from the contract to run a GP surgery. He said that it wasn’t viable to keep running the GP practice at the Common, and that much work had been done to mitigate the problems to patients. He said the closest practice was 0.8 miles away, but there were others 1 and 2 miles away and that they could offer quick registrations. The Chief Medical Officer then explained all the options that were available from the full team at the Netherhall practice. As people joined the meeting late, they were asked to move to the front where there were extra chairs. A member of the audience pointed out that there were more housing developments on the doorstep with more people needing doctors surgeries. They pointed out the difficulty of taking patients into already full practices, and described the problems that occur when practices are saturated. Cllr. Zuffar Haq pointed out that in Leicester the average number of patients per doctors’ surgery is 2,000 but nationally it is 1,200. He said that if a new practice was thriving in Evington, then it would help to make a Pharmacy viable as well. Cllr. Haq said that Dr Wood had not given notice to the St. Elizabeth’s Medical Centre to vacate 10 The Common and that his preferred option would be to sell to another GP Surgery. The information Retchna said she had was that the practice said they were selling the building on 31st December and needed ICB Board to give back their keys. She said there were 14 practices within a 2-mile radius of Evington and reiterated the wider range of professionals available at St Elizabeth’s Medical Centre in Netherall. According to Drs Wood, no dates were set. Also a 2-mile radius is only any help for those with their own transport. A member of the audience said that to get the best financial outcome the NHS needed also to take into account the costs of closure and moving elsewhere involving an extra cost for the patients, which would add up. Dr. Cheesman then spoke and said that with Dr. Wood retiring, he can’t afford to buy the practice out and didn’t wish to rent. Therefore he will move to the Netherall practice. Again it was pointed out that no formal notice had been given to Dr. Wood and Dr. Cheesman. This has been down to Dr Cheesman and the ICB. Cllr. Haq then asked about extending the time of this surgery to March 2025, giving patients more time to find another surgery. Cllr. Haq then ...
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