Newington Road GP surgery placed on open market for sale

Newington Road surgery

Newington Road GP surgery is being advertised as for sale for £900,000.

The surgery is being marketed by Terence Painter estate agents but directors at the site say they intend to complete the purchase.

The surgery changed hands at the end of 2022 following the resignation of directors, and GPs, Dr Nadia Mohammed and Dr Adem Akyol.

The director resignations came on the heels of a tribunal hearing in September where Dr Akyol received a 12 month suspension for misconduct.

The current directors are listed as Dr Jalil Ahmed and Dr Jonathan Allinson, who are both also chiefs at eHarley Street Primary Care Solutions which provides centralised surgery management systems to GP practices.

A message to patients on the Newington Surgery website says: “We are aware that our Practice building has recently been placed onto the open market for sale.

“We want to give you assurance that we are fully committed to continuing to provide our service from our current location and have no intention of moving.

“We have had an agreement for some time to purchase the Practice premises and we certainly intend to complete this process.”

However, the listing states: “The vendors are seeking unconditional or conditional offers. The property is to be sold with vacant possession, subject to a notice period being served by the existing occupiers.”

Sale details list the premises as “suitable for investment or lending itself to a number of alternative uses or redevelopment, subject to any necessary planning consents.”

The two-storey building on Newington Road consists of offices, consulting and treatment rooms, toilets, waiting areas and  a walled entrance garden area with access via Beaufort Avenue and a small courtyard garden to the rear.

In January this year, the surgery, which has some7,400 patients, was rated as requires improvement overall. Responsiveness and well led rated as requiring improvement although safety, effectiveness and caring were all graded as good.

A previous inspection in February 2022  had resulted in the practice being rated inadequate and placed into special measures with enforcement taken by the CQC including warning notes for breaches of safe care and treatment and good governance., meaning the current grading shows improvement.

The report in January said there had been significant improvements to the practice since the previous inspection and the practice provided care in a way that kept patients safe and protected them from avoidable harm.

New management at Newington Road GP Surgery following Dr Akyol suspension – plus latest CQC grading of requires improvement