Wilton Health Centre

We have received confirmation that our GP services will not return to Wilton Health Centre. The final decision has been made by Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire CCG (now integrated care board) following a period of consultation. 

Thank you to all patients who took part in our consultation last year - all comments were presented to the board for their final decision. Following the decision, Wiltshire Health and Care are now able to offer a range of outpatient services from Wilton Health Centre, including physiotherapy, dietetics as well as stroke services and more. 

Our services will now be provided across three sites, Fisherton House, Bemerton Heath and Bishopdown (we plan to reintroduce face to face services from this branch once renovations have taken place). This change does not impact on the nature of the services that are offered by the practice, just the location of where some services are provided. It does allow the NHS to provide a wider range of services in the Wilton community and help relieve pressure on the local hospital.

Home visits will continue to be offered to our housebound patients in Wilton and surrounding areas. All patients will continue to be registered as before with SMP and will be able to access all remaining sites. These are not changes we make lightly but we really do have to make difficult decisions so that we can provide services to our whole practice population in a way that is safe and sustainable within the funding we receive from the government and the increasing demands on general practice.

Published: Nov 21, 2022