Update about surgery

Posted on March 6th, 2024

You will all be aware that the costs of running a business such as a GP practice have increased significantly over the last few years – this includes mortgages/rents, utilities bills and salaries. As a result, the team here at Nettlebed Surgery has been reviewing costs with the help of independent experts to explore how we can make savings and ensure our patients continue to get good quality services.

Our review has identified a number of ways to reduce our costs so our practice can stay open safely and be financially stable in the long term. This includes better management of our services and resources, changes to booking procedures and appointments, signposting patients to the most appropriate care for their needs, the introduction of digital technologies and the possible reduction of the numbers of clinical and admin staff we employ.

We understand this is causing concern among our team and in our local community. However, we must make some difficult decisions now to ensure the future of the surgery and the continued care of our 4,000+ loyal patients.

We have not yet made any final decisions about staffing numbers and discussions with the team are still going on. We will share more details with you over the coming weeks. 

In the meantime, please continue to use our services as usual and we thank you for your continued support. 

For the most current information, we kindly request that patients refer to our website, as our patient services team has access to the same updates that are posted there. This will help us manage our phone lines for urgent healthcare needs. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.