Hampshire GP practices to close for afternoon training

All the GP practices in north and mid Hampshire will be closed on Wednesday, February 28 afternoon for mandatory training led by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB).

This includes practices in Basingstoke, Andover and Winchester. All the practices should be open as usual tomorrow (Thursday, February 29).

Anyone who requires same-day urgent medical advice during the closure should contact the out-of-hours service via NHS 111. Patients should still dial 999 for life-threatening medical emergencies. All other non-urgent/routine medical queries should be made online.

A Hampshire ICB spokeswoman said the training is called TARGET, which stands for Time for Audit Research Governance Education and Training, and has been undertaken for several years.

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Here is a list of all the primary care networks (PCNs) and practices that will be impacted:

Winchester City

Friarsgate Practice

St Clements Surgery

St Paul’s Surgery

Winchester Rural North and East

Alresford Surgery

Gratton Surgery, Sutton Scotney

Stockbridge Surgery

The Watercress Medical Group (Mansfield Park Surgery, Four Marks)

Two Rivers Partnership, Whitchurch

West Meon Surgery

Winchester Rural South

Bishop’s Waltham Surgery

Twyford Surgery

Stokewood Surgery

Wickham Surgery

Andover

Andover Health Centre

Charlton Hill Surgery

Adelaide Medical Centre

Shepherds Spring Medical Centre

St Mary’s Surgery

A31

Boundaries Surgery

Chawton Park Surgery

The Wilson Practice

Basingstoke

Camrose, Gillies and Partnership

Shakespeare Road Medical Practice PCN

Shakespeare Road Medical Practice

Bramblys Grange Medical Practice

Crown Heights Medical Centre

Odiham Medical Centre

Rural West

Tadley Medical Partnership

Watership Down Health

Whitewater Loddon

The Chineham Medical Practice

Clift Surgery, Tadley

Whitewater Health (Hook and Hartley Wintney)