NHS bosses in Bristol are carrying out an ‘estate review’ of where GP surgeries are and where new doctors’ and health centres might be required, as thousands of new homes are being built in the south of the city.
A spokesperson for the new Integrated Care Board, which brings together NHS and council bosses from Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, has told Bristol Live they ‘recognise there are areas for improvement’, with GP surgeries already under huge strain in the area.
Bristol Live reported earlier this year how local councillors and community groups had begun a huge consultation around the BS3 area of Ashton, Southville and Bedminster, because there is so much development taking place that some parts of the area would be seeing a 44 per cent increase in population in the next few years.
