\n South Dorset MP Lloyd Hatton has called on the\u00a0Department for Health and Social Care\u00a0to provide\u00a0much-needed support\u00a0for a new, purpose-built GP surgery in Chickerell,\u00a0to ensure\u00a0local\u00a0patients\u00a0can access\u00a0appointments and\u00a0essential healthcare on their doorstep.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents have been without a GP service in the town since 2019 and plans to build a new surgery have been delayed over the years.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking in the House of Commons,\u00a0Mr\u00a0Hatton highlighted that many of his constituents\u00a0living\u00a0in Chickerell are currently unable to\u00a0easily\u00a0access GP services. Instead, they are forced to travel to\u00a0Lanehouse,\u00a0Wyke\u00a0Regis\u00a0or Weymouth town\u00a0centre\u00a0to\u00a0access\u00a0GP services.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n While\u00a0NHS Dorset has\u00a0previously committed to building a new\u00a0GP surgery\u00a0in\u00a0the town, the proposals\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0held back by\u00a0significant\u00a0delays,\u00a0meaning many patients across\u00a0Chickerell are unable to access\u00a0a local\u00a0GP surgery\u00a0with ease.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u00a0In the House of Commons,\u00a0Mr\u00a0Hatton said:\u00a0\u201cPatients\u00a0in Chickerell\u00a0often struggle to access\u00a0GP services\u00a0in their area,\u00a0and\u00a0instead\u00a0they must\u00a0travel\u00a0long distances.\u00a0Some years ago, it was confirmed that a new GP surgery should be built in Chickerell.\u00a0However, significant delays\u00a0means\u00a0that we are still waiting for that surgery.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cSo, will the Minister work with\u00a0the\u00a0NHS\u00a0locally and\u00a0myself\u00a0to finally deliver a new GP surgery in Chickerell?\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n In response,\u00a0the Minister welcomed the opportunity to meet with\u00a0Mr\u00a0Hatton\u00a0to discuss how to accelerate the project.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u00a0Commenting on the meeting, Lloyd Hatton MP said:\u00a0\u201cI am pleased\u00a0that\u00a0the Minister has agreed to meet with me to discuss the future of\u00a0GP services in\u00a0Chickerell.\n<\/p>\n
\n “For too long,\u00a0patients\u00a0have been asked to travel\u00a0further and further\u00a0up the road for an appointment. It is high time we delivered\u00a0the new\u00a0GP\u00a0surgery\u00a0that Chickerell\u00a0was promised. I will keep up the pressure until\u00a0new GP services are\u00a0open and serving our community.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Chickerell lost its surgery when the Abbotsbury Road practice of which it was part of closed in 2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n A satellite surgery was opened at Chickerell as part of the Wyke & Lanehouse practice however its operation was affected by the pandemic and there are calls for the service to be improved.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2022 discussions had been progressing on providing a new centre in Chickerell, but they stalled.\n<\/p>\n
\n Plans were in the pipeline to provide the area with a new purpose-built surgery\/health centre with sufficient medical staff to serve the population.\n<\/p>\n
\n But Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group said that due to a lack of GPs and financial commitments in meeting the cost of a new centre post-pandemic, the centre has never materialised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Dorset MP Lloyd Hatton has called on the\u00a0Department for Health and Social Care\u00a0to provide\u00a0much-needed support\u00a0for a new,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-566903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}