Letter: Find a solution for Shrewsbury's Riverside Medical Practice

Last week I brought together representatives of the Riverside Medical Practice and local Primary Care Trust.

Riverside looks after about 11,000 of my constituents nearly one in six of all Shrewsbury residents, and so is obviously an extremely important facility.

Given the proposed redevelopment of that area, it is essential that, should the scheme go ahead as planned, the Riverside Practice is afforded appropriate assistance by the PCT, local council and the developers. A new building near to the existing site must be found and funded in order to protect the vital work that this practice affords so many of my constituents.

I am very pleased that, at the meeting, the PCT promised every assistance to the Riverside Practice to ensure that a solution can be found.

I will be monitoring progress very carefully over the coming months both from Parliament and from discussions back in Shrewsbury.

Securing this facility means a great deal to me and I will do everything I can as the local MP to support the hard-working staff at the Riverside Medical Practice, so that they get the support which they deserve.

Daniel Kawczynski MP

Shrewsbury