Agenda item

A Trigger Template setting out proposed changes to this practice is enclosed.

There was a discussion about the closure of St James Church GP Surgery with Caroline Gilmartin . Patients will be asked to register with other local practices from 1 April 2017, following the decision made by the Primary Care Joint Committee not to commission a new contract for the current registered list. Quay Health Solutions have been providing services to the registered patients of St James Church Surgery from 12 July 2016 under a temporary contract which expires on 31 March 2017.  The list size of the practice as of 1 October 2016 was 1357 patients.

All practices in Southwark have open lists to registers new patients within their practice boundaries. Patients will be written to and asked to register with another local practice of their choice. Patients will be directed to NHS Choices to identify their local practices. Contact details for Healthwatch and NHS England will also be included in the letter sent to patients. NHS England and the CCG will also be holding a patient engagement event to discuss the process with patients who chose to attend. Quay Health Solutions, the current provider, will identify vulnerable patients and support them to register with a new GP.

5 GP providers that provide services over 7 practices within a mile of St James Church have been asked if they have capacity to register patients of St James Church Surgery. Collectively the practice’s reported they had capacity to register 3500 patients.