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21
Mar
Harrogate GP surgeries to merge
Two Harrogate GP surgeries are set to merge towards the end of this year.
East Parade Surgery and Park Parade Surgery, which are both located on the same floor of the Mowbray Square Medical Centre on Myrtle Square, announced the move today.
The practices said in a statement the surgeries already “work closely together and share several teams and services” .
It added the partners Emma Keating and Sarah Wilkinson felt a single, larger practice will allow them to “pool the skills of team members to create an organisation equipped to survive and thrive in the NHS of the future”.
The statement said:
The statement said the merger, which is being overseen by the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, will take place in early October, adding both sites will “work hard” to ensure a smooth transition for patients.
Patients already registered will be automatically transferred to the new surgery, which does not yet have a name.
The statement said people can contact the medical centre to express their views, as well as to submit ideas for a new surgery name.
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