Local surgeries that will share in million-pound funding confirmed

SIXTEEN GP surgeries in Somerset will share just over £lm of government funding to expand their premises and provide a better experience for patients.

- DANIEL MUMBY

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced on May 6 that it would be sharing more than £102m across more than 1,000 GP practices across the UK, allowing the practices to expand.

This bricks and mortar investment will help the NHS to deliver an extra 8.3 million appointments each year, improving the service being offered to patients as part of Labour's tenyear plan to future-proof and mod ernise the health service.

The NHS Somerset integrated care board (ICB) has now confirmed that 16 practices within its catchment area will share just over £1m between them with the majority of practices still developing their expansion plans for government approval.

The 16 Somerset GP practices which will benefit from this funding are as follows:

Axbridge & Wedmore Medical Practice, Houlgate Way, Axbridge

Beckington Family Practice, St. Luke's Road, Beckington

Church Street Surgery, Church Street, Martock

Church View Medical Centre, Broadway Road, Broadway

Crewkerne Health Centre, Middle Path, Crewkerne

East Quay Medical Centre, East Quay, Bridgwater

Edington Surgery, Broadway, Edington

French Weir Health Centre, French Weir Avenue, Taunton