Press Release – 20 September 2019
Graven Hill chosen as preferred site for Bicester’s new ‘Super Surgery’ by GPs.
Alchester Medical Group and Montgomery-House Surgery are announcing that a site at Graven Hill has been found to best meet the criteria for the planned new £15m health hub in Bicester.
Following a detailed examination of site availability and using agreed selection points to help shape their decision, the partners of both practices are now fully satisfied that relocation to Graven Hill is the route that they wish to pursue and the route that is best for their patients.
It’s hoped that the new surgery will be ready to open in around three years when both Alchester Medical Group and Montgomery-House Surgery will move in and still operate as separate practices. The town’s other practice, Bicester Health Centre, will stay and expand facilities on its present site at Coker Close.
The new surgery at Graven Hill will provide what is needed to meet the demands of a booming local population well into the future and will be a new and modern workplace for staff. We fully expect that it will also be able to offer additional facilities for patients that will save them from making some journeys for treatment elsewhere, such as to Oxford or Banbury.
The other site being considered for the new surgery, at Kingsmere, was found to be unable to fulfil a number of the selection criteria and to be of insufficient size for future expansion needs.
The partners of Alchester Medical Group and Montgomery-House Surgery will now continue working with all relevant stakeholders and authorities so that construction of the new surgery can begin as soon as possible.
