Kennedy Way Medical Centre has officially opened in Clacton
- Credit: NHS North East Essex CCG
A new £1.5million doctors surgery with capacity to support nearly 12,000 patients has opened in Clacton.
Frinton Road Medical Practice, in Holland-on-Sea, and Clacton s Epping Close Surgery have both moved into a proper 21st century medical facility in Kennedy Way.
The new surgery, known as Kennedy Way Medical Centre, welcomed its first patients on May 4 but the official opening was delayed until Monday due to Covid restrictions.
The new surgery is expected to have cost £1.5million
- Credit: NHS North East Essex CCG
Kennedy Way Medical Centre has 66 allocated car parking spaces for patients and will also be the site of an innovative social prescribing hub, the first phase of which is expected to be completed in the summer.
A CARETAKER provider has now been awarded a five-year contract to run four formerly troubled GP practices in Clacton and Frinton - covering 24,000 patients. Frinton Road Medical Practice in Holland-on-Sea, Epping Close Surgery in Clacton, Green Elms Medical Centre in Jaywick and Caradoc in Frinton were previously run by Anglian Community Enterprise (ACE). The health care provider’s shortcomings - including patients being forced to wait more than 30 minutes on the phone to book appointments, order prescriptions and get test results - came under scrutiny after NHS bosses forced a change of management at Caradoc Surgery last year. ACE was warned to make improvements at the other three sites, which make up the Clacton Community Practice, but failing significant progress the successful Ranworth Surgery in Clacton, was brought in to run them on a 12-month caretaker contract.