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Patients at Arnold medical practice urged to ‘register elsewhere’ if living outside catchment area

"These are mainly patients who live a significant distance out of the area."

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A number of patients at a medical practice in Arnold have been told they may need to find a new doctor if they have moved out of the area.

Managers at Stenhouse Medical Centre made the request earlier today on their Facebook page.

The practice, based on Furlong Street, posted: “Over the last couple of years the number of patients registered at Stenhouse has increased considerably as has the complexity of those patients.

Pictured: Stenhouse Medical Practice (GOOGLE)

“We have to accept new patients who live within the practice area, so after taking advice, have taken the difficult decision, to ask some patients living outside the area to register elsewhere.

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“These are mainly patients who live a significant distance out of the area.”

The Stenhouse Medical Centre covers parts of Arnold, Redhill and Woodthorpe.

Pictured: Stenhouse Medical Practice (GOOGLE)

The post goes on to state that the practice has a policy where existing patients who move to a new address outside the area are asked to re-register at that point, but due to the difficulties presented by the pandemic, the practice hasn’t always applied this policy.

Now patients who have moved to an address outside the area since January 2020 have now been asked to re-register.

Patients supported the decision via comments on Facebook after the post was shared.

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One wrote: “I totally agree because if anyone asks for a good GP practice most folks recommend Stenhouse, which now makes it more difficult to get appointments, so good decision’

Another posted: “A good management decision.” 

Full details of the statement can be accessed on the practice Facebook page HERE and further details can be found on the practice website https://www.stenhousemedicalcentre.co.uk

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