BELGRAVE MEDICAL PRACTICE, LEICESTER

That this House is deeply concerned that patients at Belgrave Medical Practice in Leicester have been left without a local, easily accessible general practitioner since the closure of the practice in August 2010; notes that patients have complained about the length of time the primary care trust's procurement process will take; further notes that an offer of temporary cover by a local practice manager has been turned down due to formalities in the procurement procedure; believes that all patients should have access to a local practice; and calls on the Government to ensure bureaucracy does not prevent primary care trusts from enacting swift solutions to local general practitioner problems.