No permanent GP available
Expected to travel to other GP Healthcare sites in the group to be able to see a GP. We have an aging population in the village who don't all drive and the bus service to get to our nearest surgery runs every 30-45mins. Not suitable to have elderly people or very young children who are unwell having to wait at bus stops when there is a perfectly usable practice within walking distance. Annual health checks (ie bloods) have not been done as they should be and a lot of the older patients want to speak with a doctor not a paramedic or nurse practitioner as it gives them more confidence in what can be done for them. According to the group website there are 45 doctors including the practice owners to serve 6 practices all the other surgeries have at least 1 GP available every day this surgery has none. Looking at the number of GPs within the group (I know they don't all work full time) there should be 9 GPs allotted to cover each surgery however, the GPS Healthcare Group decided and still won't revisit their decision to remove all GPs from this surgery. Not what I call care in the community.