Basingstoke MP Maria Miller has welcomed the announcement that Basingstoke GP practices are working together to strengthen local NHS services by creating a “Primary Care Hub”. Three practices, Camrose, Gillies and Hackwood, have announced that they are considering bringing together some specific services to help more patients receive the care they need at a GP surgery.
There will be a full patient consultation, working with the Clinical Commissioning Group, local councillors and other local groups.
Maria said: “Our GP practices need to look at the best way to provide the health services people need. I have had many discussions with the local CCG and with the Health Secretary about how ‘new models of care’ will help give more Basingstoke residents access to the sort of GP care they want, particularly people with complex and chronic health needs. The NHS’s strategic plan for our area says that the current model of small GP practices operating on an individual basis is becoming less sustainable. A larger practice with a multi-disciplinary team, working across a number of sites, can offer more and better services, and improves the practice’s ability to recruit high quality health care professionals.”
“A significant programme of work is being led by the CCG, working with GP practices, to improve access to primary care, including through multi-disciplinary teams, extended opening hours and increased availability of GP appointments. The proposed merger of these three practices is an important step in this transformation of primary care.”