Important Announcement Posted or Updated on 7 Aug 2025

Dr Katharina Frey and Dr Ahmed Abbas, who run Coniston Village Surgery at Wraysdale House in the village, have announced that, from 1 August 2025, they will hand back to the NHS their contract to provide general medical services at the practice. This is due to the retirement of Dr Frey and the practice being unable to recruit a new partner. NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board now needs to make a decision on the future of the practice, and we want the views of patients to inform this decision.

There are several options for us to consider and these include attempting to find a new provider to run the current practice or asking patients to register with another local practice.

The current Coniston Village Surgery building is not owned by the NHS and while it has housed GP services in the area for a number of years, it does not meet the requirements we would prefer to use for modern healthcare settings.

The views of the patients are paramount in helping us make this decision. As a patient at Coniston Village Surgery we would therefore like to invite you to provide comments using the survey below.

www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/coniston

There will also be two drop-in sessions where you can give your comments to a member of the NHS team. These will take place at The Coniston Institute in Yewdale Road. The sessions will take place on:

• Tuesday 4 March, from 10am to noon
• Thursday 6 March, from 2pm to 4pm