Patients affected by changes at Scarborough GP practice

Changes to services at a Scarborough GP practice will affect patients' appointments.

From Monday 12 November, some services for Peasholm patients will be relocated to Prospect Road branch.

Peasholm branch will be open from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday and will be providing pre-bookable appointments with nurses and GPs, while Prospect Road branch host on-the-day appointments as well as a late opening service until 8pm.

The changes will not amount to any reduction in services, says the Scarborough and Ryedale Clinical Commissioning Group.

The two surgeries are part of the Central Healthcare group which formed in July.

Development Manager at Central Healthcare, Lesley Clemmet, said: “It is important to stress to patients that there is not a reduction in any of the services they usually access, but we will be delivering them differently across the two sites.

“It is hoped that joining the services across both branches will enable us to deliver a better overall service to our patients. We have recently recruited six new nursing staff to help with appointment access.”