Sneinton: New provider for contract quit GP surgery confirmed

NHS bosses said there would be no interruption to services during the handover

A new provider has been confirmed for a Nottingham GP surgery after the doctors running it announced plans to quit.

The team at the Windmill Practice, in Sneinton, announced they were withdrawing from their contract to provide primary medical services to 11,000 people at the end of May.

NHS bosses have now unveiled Modality Partnership as the new managers.

It will take over the Beaumont Street surgery from June, with bosses promising no disruption to services.

Modality also runs the Wellspring Surgery in St Ann's and operates a number of other GP practices across the UK, providing primary care to more than 470,000 patients.

The Windmill Practice's Facebook page said there were currently 10 doctors, five nurses, two healthcare assistants and 14 administrative staff at the surgery, who are based at the Sneinton Health Centre.

A spokesman for the current team said their "small partnership model is not working well in this type of practice".

The new contract will be in place for 10 years, with the option to extend for a further five years.

Victoria McGregor-Riley, commissioning delivery director at the NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), said: "Modality has considerable experience of providing GP services across the country, and we are looking forward to them continuing the work of the current Windmill partners in delivering excellent services to patients in Sneinton."