East Barn Surgery
Cedar Medical
Great Binfields Road
Lychpit
Basingstoke
Hants RG24 8TF
Crown Heights Medical Centre
Lychpit Surgery
Great Binfields Road
Lychpit
Basingstoke
Hants RG24 8TF
Tel:
Tel: 01256 469677
01256 841654
Date as postmark
Dear Patient,
To all patients at The East Barn Surgery and Lychpit Surgery
East Barn Surgery and Crown Heights Medical Centre Lychpit Surgery will merge on
31st December 2013 and offer a service from the Crown Heights Medical Centre
Lychpit Surgery located above the Tesco convenience store.
Over the past 27 years, since Dr Anne Marie May opened East Barn Surgery,
healthcare has changed beyond recognition and unfortunately the listed building at
East Barn is no longer suitable for the delivery of primary care to the patients
registered at East Barn Surgery.
Despite various attempts to move East Barn Surgery, Cedar Medical has been
unsuccessful in locating a suitable local site.As a listed building, it is not possible to
extend or enhance the present site. Both practices discussed the options available
to them and having been in liaison with NHS England and The North Hampshire
Clinical Commissioning Group, all parties are in full agreement with our proposal that
East Barn Surgery and Crown Heights Medical Centre Lychpit Surgery should
operate from one site and that this proposal provides the only viable option for both
practices.
Neither practice has taken this decision lightly. The Lychpit Surgery was in need of
refurbishment, but concerns were expressed as to the long-term viability of the site
and the opportunity offered through this merger presented us with a solution to invest
in the property. Patients from both practices will still be seen in premises local to
their homes with East Barn Surgery patients having the minimal inconvenience of
being just a few steps from their present location, but still able to continue using the
same car park as at present. We will also be endeavouring to transfer the telephone
lines from East Barn Surgery over to the new site in order to minimise disruption.
Similarly there is a major advantage to both practices in that Dr Lauren James,
familiar to the patients of East Barn Surgery, will also be moving to Lychpit Surgery.
This enhancement in capacity will be further bolstered through the introduction of
additional doctor sessions and more nurse time. It is in this regard that we have
sought to provide both practices’ patients with the assurance that they will continue to
enjoy the mainstay of general practice, which is through developing and maintaining
a relationship with the same doctor and also ensuring that there will be more clinical
cover at the merged site.
Based upon this premise, Crown Heights Medical Centre has refurbished the Lychpit
site. This will provide patients of both practices the opportunity to see a healthcare
professional in accommodation which is more suitable to delivering care in the 21st
century. You will also have the opportunity to utilise the facilities at Crown Heights
Medical Centre main site, which is centrally located between the rail and bus
stationsin the town centre and to take advantage of some of the additional services
that small practices cannot accommodate, such as minor operations, dietician,
physiotherapy.
We value the input of our patients, therefore if you have questions, comments or
concerns about this merger you may write to, or email, our respective senior
managers at the addresses below:
Pat Bray
Operations Manager
Stefan Morawiec
Practice Manager
pat.bray@nhs.net
stefan.morawiec@nhs.net
As we near the merger date, we will provide leaflets in the surgeries and information
will be posted on our respective web sites at www.eastbarnsurgery.nhs.uk or
www.crownheightsmedicalcentre.co.uk.
If you do not wish to be automatically transferred to Crown Heights Medical Centre
Lychpit Surgery, you may exercise your choice and seek registration at another
surgery. Details of local surgeries are available from NHS Choices (www.nhs.uk) or
you can obtain a list of adjacent practices from either surgery.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Gemma Adamson
Clinical Director Cedar Medical
Dr Judith Pagdin
CrownHeights Medical Centre