> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# GP surgeries due to close, extend required notice period
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/gp-surgeries-due-to-close-extend-required-notice-period/
- Published: 2016-03-12T15:01:08.000Z
- Updated: 2016-03-12T15:01:08.000Z
- Description: The Practice Group of GP surgeries have announced they will continue to provide services beyond their required notice period at each of the 5 surgeries in Brighton and Hove they have announced they are withdrawing from.
- Author: Sarah Green
- Tags: Health, In The South, News, Caroline Lucas MP, Peter Kyle MP, Simon Kirby MP

## The Practice Group of GP surgeries have announced they will continue to provide services beyond their required notice period at each of the 5 surgeries in Brighton and Hove they have announced they are withdrawing from.

![Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/web-600-20.jpg)

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven

**Following the decision** by The Practice Group to close 5 GP surgeries in the city, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, alongside Peter Kyle, MP for Hove & Portslade and Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, met with NHS England and Brighton & Hove Community Care Group, to discuss the future of the 5 GP surgeries, three of which are in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven.

**Welcoming the news, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Portslade, said:** *“I am pleased that The Practice Group has agreed to extend their notice period. This will allow NHS England time to find the best solution for patients.*

*“I also welcome the news that they are carrying out a procurement process to secure a contract with another healthcare provider to take over the service at the Brighton Homeless Healthcare Surgery in Morley Street from January 2017 when The Practice Group stops providing care.”*