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Bridlington Hospital to House Some GP Services

Some GP appointments in Bridlington could be carried out at the town's Hospital from next month.

There are big changes taking place to the GP service in Bridlington with three practices closing and the remaining two surgeries absorbing their patients.

Patients from Practice One have already transferred across to Drs Reddy & Nunn on 10 January 2023 and they will soon be followed by patients from Wolds View Surgery on 21 February 2023 and Field House Surgery on 14 March 2023.  

There is no change for patients registered at Humber Primary Care who will continue to have their care provided by the practice from premises at Station Avenue Medical Centre, Manor House and Flamborough.

In order to accommodate all the patients and staff at Drs Reddy & Nunn, work is now underway to redesign some of the space at Station Avenue Medical Centre to create a single reception area for Drs Reddy & Nunn practice and increase the number of clinical rooms. 

Agreement has also been reached with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to maintain some clinical space for Drs Reddy & Nunn practice on the Bridlington Hospital site in the short term whilst a fuller assessment of space requirements for the practice can be completed.

Dr Nicole Nunn, GP Partner at Drs Reddy & Nunn said:

“We are looking forward to welcoming all our new patients and staff and are making good progress on identifying the additional space that we need to accommodate everyone. 

In the short term, we are planning to provide some, not all, general practice services on the Bridlington Hospital site as a branch surgery of our practice. 

This will enable us to continue to provide daily appointments with a wide range of trained clinicians to all our patients which, on booking, could be offered at either the Medical Centre or Bridlington and District Hospital.”

In addition, the Bridlington Primary Care Network (PCN) is says it has reached an agreement with the Smile Foundation for space at the Crown Building which will become a base for the PCN team.

Dr Priya Reddy, Bridlington Primary Care Network (PCN) Clinical Director and Partner at Drs Reddy & Nunn said:

“Having a dedicated base for the PCN management and clinical team is fantastic and will further nurture the environment of one team working across both GP practices to better share learning, clinical leadership and mentorship.”  

Discussions are also well underway about how to improve telephone access, something that has been a recurring theme during the PCN's series of drop-in events.   

Dr Priya Reddy continued:

“We are aware of patient concerns regarding telephone access and this is being considered as part of the IT/Infrastructure planning including, where needed, the possibility of new telephone systems.”  

Matthew Handley, General Manager at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, said:

“We are delighted to have successfully recruited 5 additional administrative staff to our Humber Primary Care Practice in Bridlington. These staff members join us very soon, and we expect this to improve accessibility on the telephones.  

“Together with our Patient Participation Group Chair, we are working hard to promote our ‘engage consult’ online service for patients who can use this technology, and we are very appreciative of this work and the difference it will make.”

More information about the changes can be found at https://www.eastridingofyorkshireccg.nhs.uk/our-plans/improving-primary-care-services-in-bridlington/

A feedback report has also been produced following the public drop-in event held on 19th January 2023

 

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