Newsletter								September 2008

Dr Hudson and Partners  welcome two new Partners 
Dr Ruth Dyson and Dr Sonia Barros D’Sa will be joining the practice as partners on the 1st October 2008.
Ruth completed her GP training in Winchester and has now been working with us for the last year as a salaried doctor. She has qualifications in child health, family planning and women's health and enjoys the variety of general practice.
Sonia used to work at both South Ham & Hatch Warren surgeries as a locum doctor 2005-7, and is delighted to be returning as a partner. Her special interests include CASH (Contraception and Sexual Health) and Minor Surgery.

Both doctors will be working from the South Ham Surgery and will gradually build their own patient lists.

Changes to where our Doctors hold their surgeries
In order to make more appointments available with effect from the 1st October 2008 our doctors will only be working at one surgery this will be as follows:-

Working at South Ham
Dr Stephen Hudson
Dr Colin Meeking
Dr Catherine Craig-Wood
Dr Ruth Dyson
Dr Sonia Barros D’Sa

Working at Hatch Warren
Dr Swati Patel
Dr Richard Parker
Dr Nicholas Western

Patients who normally see Dr Parker or Dr Western at South Ham will either be able to transfer to the Hatch Warren surgery or see another of the Doctors who work at South Ham.  Patients are requested to discuss what would suit them best with either their GP or one of the reception staff.

New Surgery
It is hoped that the new surgery will be built by March 2010. As soon as the new building is complete all doctors will work from the new purpose built premises in South Ham. 

As soon as the location is confirmed plans and drawings of the new building will be displayed at both South Ham and Hatch Warren surgeries prior to the plans being submitted by Basingstoke and Deane Borough council to the planning department.

The new surgery will be able to house a variety of new services for all patients. More information will be made available as soon as the location is confirmed.