Proposed merger of Conway Medical Centre and Ashton View Medical Centre

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We are seeking your views on our proposed merger of Conway Medical Centre and Ashton View Medical Centre, and the potential subsequent closure of Ashton View Medical Centre.

What is this survey is about?

  1. Our plan to merge Conway Medical Centre and Ashton View Medical Centre – the two practices would join as one practice.
  2. Our proposal to permanently close Ashton View Medical Centre if the merger was to go ahead.

The purpose of this survey is to gather your feedback and hear your views about our plans. This survey will be open from 14 July 2025 until 27 August 2025.

Background to our proposal

Primary care services, including GP practices, across the country are under a great deal of pressure. Practices need to find ways to work differently so that we can continue to provide high quality and safe care for our patients into the future.

One of the ways some practices are dealing with these pressures is by joining together, or merging, with other practices.

Both our practices are relatively small, and increasing demand for primary care, along with less resources, are making it harder for the practices to keep providing good patient care on their own.

By merging the practices, we would be able to share staff and financial resources, making us more flexible and adaptable in the future (resilient).

Working in this way would mean that we could help make our practice stronger, now and in the future.

If our plan for a merger was agreed, we would look to close the Ashton View site. This should have no impact on patients registered at either practice (or at the newly merged practice if that went ahead). It would mean that all appointments and care would be provided on one site, at Conway Medical Centre. But we need to consider what our patients think about these plans.

The NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, which organises the delivery of NHS services in Leeds (the ICB in Leeds), has accepted a request from both practices to engage with our patients to ask for their opinions about this proposal. We want to know what you think.

What will this mean for me?

A merger would provide a number of benefits to patients registered at Ashton View Medical Practice and Conway Medical Centre. Bringing our resources together would mean we could work more efficiently and spend more time seeing our patients. The merged partnership would be able to offer patients some direct benefits, including:

  • More stability and continuity of care by bringing all the staff together.
  • More available appointments with a range of clinicians.
  • Easier administration and better coordination of care with one combined team.

How can I provide feedback about this proposal?

The views of our patients are very important to us. We would welcome your feedback on this proposal and will aim to answer any questions you may have.

We are running some public engagement activities from Monday 14 July until Wednesday 27 August 2025, and you can provide feedback in several ways:

  • By completing this survey – either online, by using this link: https://re-url.uk/W4L1 or by requesting a paper copy, an EasyRead or translated version.
  •  By telephone – 0113 2953880 (Ashton View Medical Centre) or 0113 3918100 (Conway Medical Centre)
  • Attend one of our public engagement sessions:
  • Wednesday 16 July 1 – 2pm at The Point, Conway Road, Leeds LS8 5JH
  • Thursday 17 July 7.30 – 8.30pm at The Point, Conway Road, Leeds LS8 5JH

We will also be holding an online public meeting to give patients who can’t make the face-to-face sessions the opportunity to discuss this proposed change with representatives from the practice and the ICB in Leeds.

This meeting will be held, using the online Microsoft Teams meeting platform, on:

•         Tuesday 22 July – Virtual session on Teams

If you would like to attend this online meeting, the time of the session, and the joining link will be available on our websites: www.ashtonviewmedical.co.uk and www.conwaymedicalleeds.co.uk

If you cannot attend any of the meetings but would like your feedback, comments, or questions to be included, please email them to us at one of the email addresses above.

Further information about our public engagement, including a frequently asked questions (FAQ) sheet can be found on our website or by contacting your practice:

What will happen next?

Once the public engagement comes to an end, on 27 August 2025, all of the responses and feedback we have received will be reviewed. Any main themes will be considered, and a report will be written up, describing what we have heard and what we will do as a result of what we have heard. The report will be available on our website and at the practices. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback!

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