Motion to Parliament in support of Park View Medical Centre

Today I have tabled a motion in Parliament to voice my deep concern at the proposed closure of the Park View Medical Centre in Tuebrook.

I have also expressed my concern that the Liverpool Integrated Care Board has written to all patients at the practice to inform them that it will be closing in July and that all patients will be transferred to GP practices within 1 mile radius of the building.

Park View has been at the centre of the community for decades and provides vital primary care services to constituents in one of the most deprived areas of West Derby and indeed Liverpool.

I applaud the efforts of local residents who have voiced their strong opposition to the closure and who are campaigning to save this vital service.

Along with my Parliamentary colleague Paula Barker, MP for Liverpool Wavertree, I have also written to Cheshire and Merseyside ICB to ask them to revisit the decision to close Park View Medical Centre with urgency and to request meaningful discussions to consider the urgent steps that can be taken to save the service and protect its long-term future.

The motion reads:

“That this House notes with deep concern the proposed closure of the Park View Medical Centre; notes that the medical centre is located in Tuebrook in the constituency of Liverpool West Derby and also provides GP services to many constituents of Liverpool Wavertree; recognises that the medical centre has been at the centre of the community for decades and provides vital primary care services to constituents in one of the most deprived areas of Liverpool; notes with alarm that the Liverpool Integrated Care Board has written to all patients at the practice to inform them that it will be closing in July and that all patients will be transferred to GP practices within 1 mile radius of the building; places on record that local residents have voiced their strong opposition to the closure of Park View Medical centre and are campaigning to save this vital service; notes that the Members for Liverpool West Derby and Liverpool Wavertree have written to Cheshire and Merseyside ICB to ask that they revisit the decision to close Park View Medical Centre with the upmost urgency and to request meaningful discussions to consider the urgent steps that can be taken to save the service and protect its long-term future; and calls on the Department of Health to support the wishes of the local community and to take all steps available to keep the Park View Medical Centre open to protect the health and wellbeing of the whole community and future generations.”

You can read this motion online on the Parliamentary website: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/61021/park-view-medical-centre