Highland Perthshire residents have spoken of their shock over a proposal to permanently close a GP practice. Around 120 nearby residents have signed a petition to reopen the Blair Atholl Surgery with a letter in opposition also sent to the chief executive of NHS Tayside.
The practice, operated by Atholl Medical Centre in Pitlochry, runs part of its GP contract with the NHS. The branch surgery closed back in 2020 due to the spread of COVID-19 and has remained so ever since.Locals have harboured hopes since then that the facility would eventually reopen.
However, it has been revealed that in October 2021 the Atholl Medical Centre notified Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) of its permanent closure proposal.
The centre pointed to a lack of available GPs as one reason for the decision, with the centre unable to recruit replacement partners following two recent retirements.The GPs were working alone in the practice which was considered to be “unsafe working conditions”, with the facility also being deemed “not fit for current use”.The increased workload across the Primary Care Team, which has been exacerbated by the impact of COVID-19, was also cited.
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