GP surgery with 'limited' services set to close
GoogleA doctor's surgery is set to shut under proposals to consolidate health services at two other sites.
The Lagan Surgery, off Kirkleatham Street, Redcar, which is part of South Grange Medical Centre, is slated to close in February.
A consultation over the plans has begun and aims to obtain views from patients and other local stakeholders. It will run until 15 August.
Approval for any closure will have to be received from the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.
South Grange Medical Centre is based on the Trunk Road at Eston, while GP and primary care services are also offered from the Coatham Surgery, in nearby Coatham Road, Redcar, as part of an administrative collaboration between the two practices.
A briefing for members of Redcar and Cleveland Council's adults, wellbeing and health scrutiny committee said the Lagan Surgery premises were "limited" and not fit to deliver additional services as envisaged by the government's long-term plan for the NHS.
It said the move would bring services together at its other sites in order to "enhance clinical quality and practice resilience, to run more efficiently and to continue to deliver high quality of care to patients".
Patient feedback
The briefing said feedback received from the consultation would be analysed and any risks identified would be "mitigated" before the closure application was progressed.
No decisions would be made without taking full account of patient feedback, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Councillor Steve Kay expressed concern about the impact on securing appointments, although a practice representative said there would be no reduction and it was anticipated that by teams working closely together, there could in fact be an increase.
South Grange Medical Centre has 15,500 registered patients, including 2,170 living in Redcar.
All services currently provided at Lagan Surgery would continue elsewhere.
Meanwhile, both South Grange Medical Centre and Coatham Surgery have free on-site parking, including disabled parking bays, while Lagan Surgery does not offer patient parking on-site.