Clarification. 
We have inadvertently caused confusion over our proposal to relocate the Graham Road Surgery. We are deeply sorry for this confusion and wish to clarify.
There is no intention to relocate the Horizon Health Centre we are committed to enhancing and improving the service. To make this happen we have combined our PPG group to include patients from both Graham Road and Horizon, we want to gather the views of patients from both surgeries.
The plans we have are to relocate Graham Road (only) to the Rugby ground and we have planned a number of workshops to gather views from patients. In doing so, we wanted to include the views of patients from Horizon, if anyone wanted to join.
Unfortunately, the text from the Graham Road website was copied across to the Horizon website, and read as if our intention was to relocate both, and this was incorrect.
I am very sorry if this led to patients thinking we were relocating both surgeries, there are no plans to relocate Horizon. 

Thank you
Andy Lloyd
Managing Director
Pier Health Group Ltd

Update to our patients on the new healthcare centre for Graham Road Surgery at Weston Rugby Club

Development of the new healthcare centre for Graham Road Surgery, where Horizon Health Centre patients are also invited to participate, at the Weston Rugby Club site presents us with an exciting opportunity to ensure we can provide high quality, modern GP services that meet the needs of our population into the future.
Pier Health Group along with Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), community services provider Sirona care & health and other key stakeholders have been working through a selection of shortlisted sites for a new healthcare centre. The new development at Weston Rugby Club was selected as our preferred option.
The Rugby Club site was chosen because it scored significantly higher than other site options overall, including on elements of accessibility criteria such as access to the building, disabled access and parking. In addition to parking, there is plenty of green space and room for new and additional services.
We are planning to have a public consultation this summer on the proposal to close and relocate all of our patients to the new healthcare centre.
We will update you further on this in the coming weeks and let you know how you can get involved. Your views are important to us and we hope you will take the opportunity to share them and help shape the new healthcare centre.
Our Chairman, Dr John Heather along with the CCG will be updating North Somerset Council’s Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (HOSP) this Thursday (18 March) on the plans to develop a health centre at Weston Rugby Club.
A link to the papers is available on the Council’s website.
If you have any questions or comments, please email us via [email protected]

Workshops on the proposed Graham Road Surgery relocation

We are running a series of online workshops for patients and local residents to get involved in the design and development of services as part of the proposed relocation of Graham Road Surgery to the new practice at the Weston Rugby Club site.
The workshops taking place are as follows:

• Transport and accessibility – Friday 16 April from 5.30pm-7.30pm
• Design, look and feel – Thursday 22 April from 5.30pm-7.30pm
• Opportunities for health and wellbeing – Friday 30 April from 5.30pm-7.30pm
• Primary care service model – Friday 7 May from 5.30pm-7.30pm - The link to this workshop is https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctcumhpzsuHdS_OzZPzRHqoC_Gf15lWcbl
  
• Meeting to summarise all four co-production workshops - Tuesday 25 May from 5.30pm-7.30pm
  

The first workshop will focus on transport and accessibility, looking at any issues regarding travel to the new location and how we can support people with these.
The design, look and feel workshop will look at how the internal and external design of the new facility can be influenced, including the layout of patient areas. This will include for example design of a child friendly space, the colour scheme and other design factors, as well as a suggested name for the new facility.
The third workshop will consider the use of the sporting facilities and recreational space at the Rugby Club site to further enhance health and well-being opportunities.
The fourth workshop will look at how primary care services may operate at the new facility and how we can better ‘join up’ health and social care services.
The final workshop on Wednesday 12 May is designed to summarise all four previous workshops and capture any further comments from people who may not have been able to attend the previous events.
The workshops will all take place via Zoom and details will be sent to everyone who signs up. You can sign up for any of the workshops by emailing [email protected] or calling 0345 350 3973.
Feedback from the workshops will be used to inform the public consultation, which will start this summer (2021), on the proposal to close Graham Road Surgery and relocate patients to the new healthcare centre.