Mansion House Surgery has submitted a planning application for its extension to deliver more services for Stone’s growing population.
The proposals consist of a two-storey extension to the east of the existing building, a new extended waiting area, lobby and reception to the front and internal refurbishment within the existing building. The outlined proposals would provide the surgery with an additional six new consulting rooms at ground floor, a new examination room and improved and increased staff admin and welfare facilities.
Earlier this year, the surgery secured funding from NHS England towards the estimated £1 million cost of the project. The NHS grant will cover two-thirds of the £1 million cost of the expansion.
In May, practice manager Carol Rodgers told us the surgery is struggling to meet current demand and needed to act now to make sure it can accommodate the extra people who will be moving into the town in new housing developments. The practice, in Abbey Street, currently has nine GP partners, three salaried GPs and three registrars. More GPs may be recruited as part of the expansion, but Carol said they were looking to be more creative, with more use of advanced nurse practitioners and pharmacists.
She said: “Stone’s growing population means that we have to expand the surgery and the range of services that we provide. We’re struggling, with the number of clinical rooms we have now, to accommodate our GPs and other health professionals. It’s quite a juggling act. The new housing that’s coming in Stone will only increase the pressure, so we have to increase our capacity to be ready for the extra demand.”
You can see the full planning application and submit your comments HERE.
Although the proposals have been broadly welcomed, residents of nearby The Moorings have objected – and submitted a petition. They say sewerage from the surgery is directed through The Moorings’ system and the extension would have a “serious detrimental effect” on the amount of sewerage put through their system.
