\n The Orrysdale Road surgery has announced plans to join with West Wirral Group Practice, based at The Warrens in Thingwall.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a joint message to patients published on their websites, the practices said the merger would provide \u201csustainable, high-quality healthcare for our community, now and in the future\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n They said GP practices across the country were facing increased demand, difficulties recruiting healthcare professionals and growing pressure on general practice.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBy joining together, we can strengthen our teams, share expertise and invest in new services, while continuing to deliver the personalised care our patients value,\u201d they said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Patients are promised improved access to appointments, a wider range of clinical expertise and greater opportunities to benefit from specialist services and innovative healthcare.\n<\/p>\n
\n These could include expanded dermatology services and access to leading clinical research.\n<\/p>\n
\n Both practice sites will remain open, allowing patients to continue receiving care close to home and, wherever possible, from clinicians they already know and trust.\n<\/p>\n
\n The practices said the merger was about building on the strengths of both surgeries while preserving continuity of care, local access and strong relationships with patients.\n<\/p>\n
\n They added that they would continue to keep patients informed and work closely with their Patient Participation Groups as the plans progress.\n<\/p>\n
\n Several drop-in sessions about the plans have already been held, with another event due to take place on Tuesday, October 6, from 3pm to 5pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orrysdale Road surgery has announced plans to join with West Wirral Group Practice, based at The Warrens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-779688","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\/779688","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=779688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}