The Emsworth Surgery is a long established Training Practice operating principally from an attractive Georgian Grade II listed building. There are eight Partners and thirty two employed staff. We try to provide a first-class local service appropriate to our population.
Practice Profile
History
There have been Doctors at North Street House for about
100 years. The Cottage Hospital was built by local subscription
in 1896 next door to the Surgery. In those days Emsworth
was an important trading centre between Chichester and
Portsmouth with a large number of industries, particularly
fishing and boat building. Since then Emsworth has grown
in size into a pleasant mainly residential town, yet
still retains much of its original character with many
interesting old streets and buildings.
The Practice has always served a large area of rural West Sussex as well. In 1996, the Practice purchased a former Public House in the village of Westbourne in West Sussex and converted it to a large branch Surgery.
In 1935 the inhabitants
of Thorney Island were moved to make way for the arrival
of the R.A.F who purchased the Island and built a runway.
It then passed to the Army in the 1970s, and is currently
the home of 47 Regiment, with residential housing for
the soldiers’ families.
We now have most of the families (about 450 patients)
on our NHS list, and provide medical services to the
650 or so soldiers under Contract with the M.O.D.
Locality and Practice Population
Emsworth is equidistant (15 minutes road) from Portsmouth and Chichester. London is 1-11/2 hours by road or rail (from Havant). It sits on the border between Hampshire and West Sussex. The population recorded in 2001 was 9737. To the North are the South Downs, and to the South is Chichester Harbour, an area of outstanding natural beauty.
There is a good choice of private and state schools in the area. Chichester is a small Cathedral City, with a theatre and good shops.
The old Naval town of Portsmouth has now grown into a city, occupying all of Portsea Island and beyond. The ferry terminals provide easy access to the Isle of Wight and France.
Emsworth itself has a mixture of old and new housing. The old town centre still thrives on local trade, and contains a number of good restaurants, public houses and useful village shops. There are two sailing clubs.
The Practice Premises
The main Surgery at 6 North Street, Emsworth is a large attractive Georgian Grade II listed building. It moved in stages from being a private house to a Surgery with a major conversion completed in 1980.
The branch Surgery at Westbourne is a semi-detached Edwardian building facing the village square and was converted into a Surgery in 1996.
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