Your Society is reviewing their medical care business and have entered a consultation period due to a shortage of GPs in the island and its current financial model not being sustainable.

The Society will continue to run its three practices as normal until the summer and a number of options for the future of the surgeries are being explored. 

The Society introduced Co-operative Medical Care to its business in 2014, which was widely welcomed by islanders. The business was based on a financial model which allowed the Society to offer low cost healthcare to islanders and enable members to receive dividend on GP appointment payments. Unfortunately the Society has not been able to register as many patients as were needed to sustain the model.

Like many other GP practices in Jersey, the Society has also struggled to grow the business as anticipated due to the island-wide issue of recruitment. Options are being explored for the future of all three practices based at Bath Street in St Helier, New Era in St Clement and the surgery at Grand Marché St Peter’s.

All 25 affected colleagues have been informed by the Society and have now entered a consultation period. A decision about the future of the three practices will be reached by late spring, following the conclusion of the consultation.