Wycombe Liberal Democrats

There has been a need identified for additional doctors in the Wycombe Marsh area to meet the increased demand from the influx of new homes and residents; unfortunately this need has been ignored to date.
Local Councillors Trevor Snaith and Ray Farmer have recently initiated discussions with a doctor’s practice and have found interest in bringing a new practice to the area. Ideally it will be situated to rear of Fitness First in the Wycombe Marsh Retail Park on land set aside for community use /doctors surgery.
Ryemead and surrounding wards have seen over 400 new homes in the last ten years - a massive increase! Over 150 more are in progress – and another 480 are to be built in the next four years in the Marsh area alone. That’s without the ever increasing building we now face in back garden and knockdown rebuilds. We now have a situation where Ryemead has the “accolade” of being the ward with the highest density of homes per hectare and highest growth of new homes in High Wycombe!
The Heart of Ryemead Community Association (HoRCA) and local councillors met the Chief Executive of the doctor’s practice and discussed what needs to be done to deliver a new surgery in Ryemead. To be viable a doctor’s surgery needs about 3000 patients. Discussions are at an early stage and research needs to be conducted to ascertain how many existing residents across Micklefield, Ryemead and Totteridge would switch to a new local practice. Once this figure is added to those coming into the new homes, we will have a good idea of local need. The challenge then is to get councils and Primary Care Trust to invest funding to assist the Doctors deliver a new service to residents.

Cllr Trevor Snaith and Cllr Ray Farmer are asking for Bucks County Council, Wycombe District Council and the Primary Care Trust to come together with the Doctors so they can plan the necessary funding and resources to bring a new Surgery to the area
Your local councillors would like to know residents’ opinions.