On the 14th June Higher Bebington Medical Center welcomed the Mayor, Mr Dave Mitchell and his wife Mrs Susan Mitchell to perform the official opening ceremony of the building. Both practices felt that this was a significant moment in the life of the practices establishing a new era of improved medical services in Higher Bebington community. The ceremony was also attended by Alison Mcgovern MP and our 3 local councillors, Mr Walter Smith, Mr Jerry Williams and Mrs Christina Muspratt. We were also joined by our patient participation groups, family, friends staff and colleagues

Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised this week to take over commissioning responsibilities from NHS Wirral. What does this mean? GPs with the help of managers will be responsible for developing NHS services on the Wirral- this includes hospital and community services. If you want to know more, you can visit Wirral CCG website on www.wirralccg.nhs.uk.

The CCG need you to be involved in the decision making. You can be involved by being a patient council member or a virtual council member of our group. Please visit www.wirralccg.nhs.uk/gpcc for contact details.