Health minister Stephen Kinnock has sidestepped a request to meet with Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP Patrick Spencer about expediting plans to expand primary care services in north Ipswich and surrounding villages.
Health bosses and council officials are going back to the drawing board after plans for a new £7.5m Cardinal Medical Practice 'super surgery' in northwest Ipswich were scrapped due to "rising costs".
Following our investigation into Cardinal Medical Practice, Patrick Spencer, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, has followed Jack Abbott by calling for urgent action as the practice continues to struggle three years after its formation.
Three years after its controversial formation and more than two years after a Care Quality Commission inspection found the practice "requires improvement," our investigation reveals persistent issues and a practice that still appears to be struggling to meet patient needs.
