A woman who brutally murdered a 71-year-old grandmother in Oldham has been released from prison.
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The only GP practice in Greenfield has been saved from the threat of imminent closure because of a complicated leasehold coming to an end at the end of March. The closure of Greenfield’s Pennine Medical Centre would have seen thousands of patients forced to travel to Mossley or Saddleworth for treatment instead.
The NHS site was caught in the crossfire of a complicated rental agreement between the landlord, integrated care board and NHS Estates. Dr Bal Duper, who manages the practice, 'raised the alarm' about an impending eviction to councillor Helen Bishop at a community council meeting.
Coun Bishop, who helped secure the new lease, said: “We were literally weeks from this practice having to close or being evicted from the building. And had we lost this practice in Greenfield, it would have been really quite catastrophic.”
“The problem was that responsibility for the practice staying open lay with so many different people that Greenfield surgery was in danger of falling through the cracks. We had to get everyone together fast.”
Working as a mediator between the groups involved, councillors secured a new five year-lease for the medical centre, which serves around 4,500 local residents. Funding for the lease was found by the NHS team in Oldham.
Bishop said: “The threat of closure – the legal process of removing the surgery as a tenant had already started – certainly sharpened people’s minds. In just a few weeks, we got agreement.”
Patients of the practice praised the rescue of the community ‘asset’, with one saying “I am thrilled to bits. Well done to everyone concerned.”
GP Bal Duper was also relieved about the new lease. He said: “I don’t think we would have got so far in such a short time, with the deadline
A woman who brutally murdered a 71-year-old grandmother in Oldham has been released from prison.
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