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Two Plympton GP practices are set to merge. Glenside Medical Centre plans to merge with the Beacon Medical Group to form a practice with over 27,000 Plympton patients. If all goes according to plan the merger will take place at the beginning of April. A public meeting took place at Glenside on January 25 where patients were given the opportunity to ask questions. Dr Danny Fay from Glenside said: "Both surgeries have been well established in Plympton for many years, both surgeries have got a focus on excellence, continuity of care and providing the best general practice and primary care that we can offer for the people of Plympton.
in the future, new services, bringing together skills from both surgeries which compliment each other really well.
"This merger gives us the opportunity to enhance services for patients, to build on those things that both surgeries have that's most important at their hearts - that's continuity of care and the best things we can do for the people of Plympton.
New services planned post merger include those specialising in dermatology and orthopaedics.
"It opens the doors to enhance what we understand general practice to be
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"Hopefully it will give opportunity to the people of Plympton to have a greater voice in the primary care services that are available to them."
Dr Fay and Dr Jonathan Cope from Beacon Medical talk more about the proposed merger in an audio interview online in this month's Plympton Podcast which can be heard at: www.Spreaker. com/user/PlymptonPodcast
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