Finch Hill GP practice moves to new Chester Street home

Health centre will keep its name and catchment area

A busy GP practice in Douglas is moving, next week, to a bigger space in the town's centre.

The Finch Hill surgery is relocating to Chester Street, in the former Promenade GP practice, but will keep its name 'Finch Hill'.

The doors of the original Finch Hill will close after the close of day on Friday (4 June) at 6pm and due to open up on Monday, 7 June, in its new home at 8am in the new premises.

The new venue is set to offer a wider range of facilities and has been refurbished ahead of the move.

A public survey has been undertaken by the practice which showed nearly 70 per cent of respondents said they were satisfied, or very satisfied, with the plans while around 18 per cent were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied.

Its catchment area remains the same - the phone numbers, email addresses and doctors, nurses and staff will also all stay the same.

The new address however is:

Finch Hill Health Centre
Level 2, Chester Street Car Park,
Douglas,
IM1 2PG

There will be a two-hour disc parking for visiting patients. 

GP partner at Finch Hill practice Dr Helen Freer says: "Patients can be reassured that their records will be securely transferred and stored.

"They will continue to see the same doctors, nurses and staff as before and the surgery will offer the same range of services.

"Our new location will provide more space for patients and staff, with scope to offer additional services in the longer term.

"Patients will continue to be registered with us and do not need to do anything - other than remember to attend the surgery at Chester Street from Monday 7 June."