Labour’s spokesperson for Health & Wellbeing, Cllr Evelyn Akoto, has today welcomed news that patients in Southwark will benefit from some of the 8.3 million more appointments each year that will be created as a result of a new government scheme to upgrade and modernise over 1,000 doctor’s surgeries.
The local GP surgeries that will benefit from the investment to upgrade and modernise are:
- Nunhead Surgery in Nunhead & Queen’s Road
- Queen’s Road Surgery in Peckham
- Sir John Kirk Close Surgery in Camberwell Green
- The Villa Street Surgery in Faraday
- Blackfriars Medical Centre in Borough and Bankside
- Park Medical Centre in Rotherhithe
- Manor Place Surgery in North Walworth
Backed by the government’s major cash injection of over £102 million, over 1,000 GP surgeries will receive vital funding to create additional space to see more patients, boost productivity and improve patient care, following years of neglect.
Right now, many GP surgeries could be seeing more patients, but don’t have enough room or the right facilities to accommodate them. From creating new consultation and treatment rooms to making better use of existing space, these quick fixes will help patients across the country be seen faster.
This represents the biggest investment in GP facilities in 5 years and is only possible because of the difficult choices made by the government to invest £26 billion into the NHS. And it is another measure helping the government shift care out of hospital and into the community, as part of its Plan for Change.
Welcoming the plans, Labour’s Cllr Evelyn Akoto, spokesperson for Health & Wellbeing said:
“Labour was elected to deliver the change our communities desperately need – and rescuing our NHS is absolutely critical to making that change a reality.
“All to often, families in Southwark wait for too long for a GP appointment. This investment – as part of Labour’s wider Plan for Change – will see an additional £26bn invested in our health service.
“The Tories and Lib Dems ran our health service into the ground – neither of them should be allowed anywhere near our NHS.
“Labour won’t be able to turn this country round overnight – but thanks to decisions like this we are moving in right direction.”
