NHS Berkshire West CCG and Wokingham Medical Centre finally backed down and confirmed that our GP services are staying at Burma Hills. We forced them to listen when they tried to ignore us, and this win belongs to every one of you who refused to let them shut us down. …
May 20, 2022
Final supporters
SAVE OUR SURGERY - UPDATED
I couldn't have dreamed of a better or quicker response to this campaign.
Having seen the support of all those who signed the petition, NHS Berkshire West CCG and Wokingham Medical Centre have been forced to re-prioritise GP provision on-site at Burma Hills Surgery in Norreys.
I expect every patient and staff member to receive a letter laying out a commitment to reinstate GP presence at Burma Hills Surgery as soon as its use as a vaccination centre is finished.
I think they expected no kick-back from a poorly communicated move of Burma Hills GP clinics to the Wokingham Medical Centre premises. Together we have had our voices heard and a very quick response has been given.
I will not consider this matter closed until GPs are regularly, physically located at Burma Hills in Ashridge Rd. Therefore, I will keep this petition open for communication of progress until that happens and if they drop their focus on getting this resolved, NHS Berkshire West CCG will be reminded sharply of their assurances and not allowed any more to treat their Norreys patients as a voiceless group to be ignored.
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO KEEP THIS ISSUE ALIVE.
Original Petition
Once it is finished being a vaccine clinic Burma Hills Surgery is at risk of being closed, with patients transferred to the already over capacity Wokingham Medical Centre.
We, the undersigned, believe that the loss of this vital local amenity would be a travesty for our community and would deny local residents the quality health coverage that the NHS is meant to guarantee them.
We call on Wokingham Borough Council, on behalf of it’s residents to:
1) write to the local NHS Clinical Commissioning Group and lay out the case to keep Burma Hills open as a functioning medical centre.
2) work with Wokingham Medical Centre to find provision to keep the medical centre open.
3) write to the Minister for Health calling on Government to support keeping Burma Hills open.
4) write to Sir John Redwood MP for his support in keeping Burma Hills open.
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Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 21, 2022
March 18, 2022
NHS Berkshire West CCG thought they could quietly dismantle our local services without anyone noticing. Their silence is a pathetic attempt to wait us out but they have no idea who they are dealing with.
Reached 100 supporters
February 2, 2022
January 30, 2022
NHS Berkshire West CCG thinks they can wait us out while they shuffle patients around like luggage. We are barreling toward one hundred signatures and I need this number to hit before they try to sneak another policy change past us.
208 Comments
This lovely, small, friendly surgery is very much valued by its patients. It provides a more more personal experience than the bigger surgery at The Wokingham Medical Centre, where no one really remembers you due to large numbers of patients.
Burma Hills is a great local community asset with wonderful, efficient, caring staff serving Norreys area patients. Please don’t make us join the hoards , endless telephone queues and frustrations that is Wokingham Medical Centre.
I moved several years ago, after my husband died, from wokingham medical centre to burma hills. I wouldnt wish to be a patient there again. Reputation is appalling. Burma hills is just yards away from me and very important to current patients.
We definitely need an alternative to Wokingham Medical Centre. Thousands of new houses have been built, but no extra doctors surgeries. Wokingham Medical Centre cannot cope with the thousands of people they already have in their books. We do not want to join them.
If the surgery is closed it would mean more patients with chronic conditions having to access other NHS services to have conditions managed correctly as it's already impossible to get an appointment at Burma Hills and will get much worse when everyone gets pushed to WMC
URGENT doctor needed at this surgery
I would to save this surgery
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NHS Berkshire West CCG and Wokingham Medical Centre finally backed down and confirmed that our GP services are staying at Burma Hills. We forced them to listen when they tried to ignore us, and this win belongs to every one of you who refused to let them shut us down. …
May 20, 2022
Final supporters
SAVE OUR SURGERY - UPDATED
I couldn't have dreamed of a better or quicker response to this campaign.
Having seen the support of all those who signed the petition, NHS Berkshire West CCG and Wokingham Medical Centre have been forced to re-prioritise GP provision on-site at Burma Hills Surgery in Norreys.
I expect every patient and staff member to receive a letter laying out a commitment to reinstate GP presence at Burma Hills Surgery as soon as its use as a vaccination centre is finished.
I think they expected no kick-back from a poorly communicated move of Burma Hills GP clinics to the Wokingham Medical Centre premises. Together we have had our voices heard and a very quick response has been given.
I will not consider this matter closed until GPs are regularly, physically located at Burma Hills in Ashridge Rd. Therefore, I will keep this petition open for communication of progress until that happens and if they drop their focus on getting this resolved, NHS Berkshire West CCG will be reminded sharply of their assurances and not allowed any more to treat their Norreys patients as a voiceless group to be ignored.
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO KEEP THIS ISSUE ALIVE.
Original Petition
Once it is finished being a vaccine clinic Burma Hills Surgery is at risk of being closed, with patients transferred to the already over capacity Wokingham Medical Centre.
We, the undersigned, believe that the loss of this vital local amenity would be a travesty for our community and would deny local residents the quality health coverage that the NHS is meant to guarantee them.
We call on Wokingham Borough Council, on behalf of it’s residents to:
1) write to the local NHS Clinical Commissioning Group and lay out the case to keep Burma Hills open as a functioning medical centre.
2) work with Wokingham Medical Centre to find provision to keep the medical centre open.
3) write to the Minister for Health calling on Government to support keeping Burma Hills open.
4) write to Sir John Redwood MP for his support in keeping Burma Hills open.
The Conservative Party uses the information you provide for the purposes of democratic engagement. This covers a wide range of activities inside and outside election periods, including but not limited to: democratic representation; communicating with you; surveying and opinion gathering, campaigning activities; activities to increase voter turnout; supporting the work of elected representatives, prospective candidates and official candidates; and fundraising to support any of these activities. For full terms of use and how to exercise your rights see our Privacy Notice at www.conservatives.com/Privacy
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 21, 2022
March 18, 2022
NHS Berkshire West CCG thought they could quietly dismantle our local services without anyone noticing. Their silence is a pathetic attempt to wait us out but they have no idea who they are dealing with.
Reached 100 supporters
February 2, 2022
January 30, 2022
NHS Berkshire West CCG thinks they can wait us out while they shuffle patients around like luggage. We are barreling toward one hundred signatures and I need this number to hit before they try to sneak another policy change past us.
208 Comments
My family and I have been patients at Burma Hills After moving from Crowthorne. It’s a vital service for the community. WMC will not be able to cope with an extra 4,000 patients on their books. They are already struggling. Burma Hills must stay open.
This lovely, small, friendly surgery is very much valued by its patients. It provides a more more personal experience than the bigger surgery at The Wokingham Medical Centre, where no one really remembers you due to large numbers of patients.
Burma Hills is a great local community asset with wonderful, efficient, caring staff serving Norreys area patients. Please don’t make us join the hoards , endless telephone queues and frustrations that is Wokingham Medical Centre.
I moved several years ago, after my husband died, from wokingham medical centre to burma hills. I wouldnt wish to be a patient there again. Reputation is appalling. Burma hills is just yards away from me and very important to current patients.
We definitely need an alternative to Wokingham Medical Centre. Thousands of new houses have been built, but no extra doctors surgeries. Wokingham Medical Centre cannot cope with the thousands of people they already have in their books. We do not want to join them.
If the surgery is closed it would mean more patients with chronic conditions having to access other NHS services to have conditions managed correctly as it's already impossible to get an appointment at Burma Hills and will get much worse when everyone gets pushed to WMC
URGENT doctor needed at this surgery
I would to save this surgery
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My family and I have been patients at Burma Hills After moving from Crowthorne. It’s a vital service for the community. WMC will not be able to cope with an extra 4,000 patients on their books. They are already struggling. Burma Hills must stay open.