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Apr 2024
Ripon GP surgery excluded from merger due to 'poor financial position'
Plans to merge three Ripon doctors’ surgeries have been limited to two surgeries after it was revealed the third practice was in a “poor financial position”.
A proposed merger between North House Surgery, Park Street Surgery and Ripon Spa Surgery was scheduled to happen on July 1, 2024.
North House Surgery said at the time the move would improve patient care, safeguard healthcare in Ripon, enable patients to have a stronger voice and trigger economies of scale.
But a social media post signed by North House partners Dr Kate Dickinson, Dr Peter Johnson and Dr Hannah Thomas on Friday revealed only two of the surgeries — North House and Park Street — will now merge. They will become known as Fountains Health.
Spa Surgery will no longer be involved.
The post said:
Ripon Spa Surgery
The merger has now been delayed until October this year due to the change in plans.
North Spa Surgery said:
No further details on what will happen to Spa Surgery patients were revealed in the post.
Park Street surgery, Ripon.
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