The lease on our Waterloo Practice premises ends in March 2025.  We need to plan what to do before this happens. 

We think we need larger premises to provide more services and meet the needs of our patients.

We want to know what you, our patients, think we should do.

The contract on the building runs out in March 2025.

We tried to find a new site over 15 years ago, however we could not find a site big enough. The Waterloo Practice was then rebuilt in 2004/05 to offer more modern facilities on the site of the old premises. 

Some of the reasons we feel we need to think about our premises are;

• Our consultation rooms are all on the ground floor with no room to extend. The upper floor is not suitable for consultations.
•  The waiting room does not offer privacy for patients wanting to have confidential conversations
•  Patients tell us that our car park does not meet their needs
•  Kirklees Council agree the local area does not allow for on street parking. It is unlikely that the council will support any extensions to improve the premises without additional parking.

We would also like to provide more services and specialist services, like investigations and minor procedures, but are restricted by the space available.

We feel that we are unable to extend the care we provide due to the existing facilities at Waterloo, particularly the space and parking. We want to provide high quality care from premises that are fit for the future.

We want to know what you think is important. Please fill in this short survey to tell us.

By answering our questions it will help us to understand more about you, your thoughts and any impact on you or your household that we would need to think about. We want your views to help us understand what you would like us to do.

Signed

Dr Hubert Nazareth, Dr Farooq Hameed, Dr Henry Frankland, Dr Fouzia Ihsan, Dr Zabair Ahmed and Dr Farah Hassan.