'No change' for patients at Leyland's Station Surgery

Station Surgery on Golden Hill Lane has been without a permanent doctor since the sudden passing of its founder, Dr. George Ahad, in April 2019.

The practice has since been run on a temporary basis by Preston’s Park View Surgery, but that arrangement comes to an end on 1st August, when Leyland Surgery takes on the responsibility for the facility.

However, the Post understands that some patients at Station Surgery have concluded that change means it will close and they will have to travel to Leyland Surgery itself – on West Paddock – instead.

However, Chorley and South Ribble’s clinical commissioning group (CCG) has moved to reassure them that the changes are largely administrative – and they will still be registered at the Golden Hill Lane site.

“We have a really good, experienced healthcare team who have been providing high quality GP services from our Leyland and Chorley surgeries for a long-time and know the local area well.

“We can’t wait to get started at Station Surgery and meet all of our new patients properly. We know how much the surgery means to local people which is why we are delighted to be able to expand our services and make it more accessible to patients in Leyland and the surrounding areas.”

Dr Lindsey Dickinson, clinical lead at the CCG, which undertook the official competitive process of finding a new operator for Station Surgery, thanked Park View Surgery for its work over the past 15 months.

She added: “This is largely a contractual change process which has taken place and shouldn’t affect patients a great deal. Following Dr Ahad’s sudden passing we had to move quickly to

secure access to GP services for registered patients at Station Surgery.

“We spoke to many patients previously who all told us how important the surgery was to them and so it was really important to us that we secured the long-term future of services at the surgery.

“I’m pleased we’ve been able to do that and I hope patients can now be reassured that they will continue to be able to access the care they need from the surgery,” Dr. Dickinson added.