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April 30 2009: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Published Date: 30 April 2009  By Asha Mehta

Leonard, 102, to open new Westgate Surgery

A CENTENARIAN will herald a new era of High Street healthcare in Peterborough today, when the Boots store becomes one of the first in the UK to offer a doctor's surgery.
Leonard Voller (102) will be joined by NHS Peterborough chief executive Angela Bailey, a senior partner at Westgate Surgery and a patient representative to officially open the new premises of Westgate Surgery, which has moved on to the first floor of Boots, in the Queensgate shopping centre.
As part of the North Westgate city centre development plans, Westgate Surgery was likely to be issued with a Compulsory Purchase Order, requiring the practice to move out of its previous location.
Boots had spare capacity, and planning permission was granted for a GP surgery to be located there.
The surgery will be leasing the premises from Boots, and will remain independent.
Mr Voller, who has been using Westgate Surgery since 1934, was invited to cut the ribbon to mark the opening of the new premises.
Ms Bailey said: "The relocation of the surgery is part of our wider plan to improve the quality and access to healthcare facilities across the city."
Practice manager at the surgery Geoff Tinson said: "The doctors and staff of Westgate Surgery strive to maintain the long traditions of medical care within this practice, while keeping abreast of advances in medicine.
"We look forward to working with our patients and continuing to provide an efficient, appropriate and accessible service in a modern environment to people in the Greater Peterborough area."