Feeling fit and healthy is a good place for anyone to be in – but do you really know how healthy your heart is and have a good understanding of your cardiovascular health, otherwise known as heart health, in general? To coincide with the start of the 2018 Heart Age campaign Essex Private Doctors is…
It’s International Men’s Health Week 11-17 June. The focus this year is on diabetes and why men are more at risk of developing this than women. Here Dr Scott, an experienced GP at our private Shenfield practice, looks at type 2 diabetes in more detail and explains what you can do to decrease your risk.…
It’s Action on Stroke Month 1-31 May, here Dr Scott takes a look at Stroke and what you can do to reduce your risk. The size of the problem Every year there are more than 100, 000 strokes in the UK – this is one stroke every five minutes. It is the 4th leading cause…
Vaccinations are an important way of preventing disease, and so to mark European Immunization Week (23-29 April), Essex Private Doctors GP Dr Alice Scott has created this helpful guide to make sure you understand how you can tackle Meningitis, Chickenpox and Shingles, and take steps to protect your family. Meningitis Vaccination, Chickenpox Vaccination and Vaccination…
March is prostate cancer awareness month, and this year it’s even more important then ever to raise awareness. Why? Because prostate cancer has now overtaken breast cancer and is the third biggest cancer killer in the UK, taking one man every 45 minutes*. It is estimated that 1 in 8 men will develop prostate cancer…
Newly independent GP Dr Kannan Athreya (right) tells the story of why he finally left the NHS Let me take you back to August 2012 – a very challenging time. I had been a GP partner in an NHS surgery for 16 years, and what began as a wonderful vocation with a good work-life balance had, over…
I am pleased and excited to welcome you to Essex Private Doctors, operating from The Regency Clinic, in Brentwood. Some of you will already have good experience of the service that we offer as patients of my long-term colleague Dr Jonathan Richardson, who was co-founder of this private clinic back in 2004. I was delighted…
Our clinic is undergoing a very exciting transformation and I am very pleased that I am now able to share with you some wonderful news.
As you may well know, this Private GP service initially began as The Regency Clinic in 2004, under the guidance of my colleague Dr Jonathan Richardson, and was based in Regency House in Brentwood. In 2012, the clinic moved to our current location in Hutton Road, Shenfield, and I had the privilege of taking over as Clinical Director in 2014.
Over the years, our services to our patients have grown, particularly since I was joined by Dr Alice Scott in 2016. In 2022 Dr Eleanor Beddoe also became part of our regular team. Over recent years, Surgery hours and services have expanded, we have regularly run two simultaneous clinics to look after our patients, and it has been clear that we have outgrown our current location.
I am therefore very pleased that I can now announce the next stage in our evolution!
On 18th June 2023, Dr Alice Scott will be taking over as Owner and Clinical Director as Essex Private Doctors Ltd., and we will be moving to our very own purpose-designed premises in 57 Crown Street, Brentwood.
Dr Scott has put in many months of hard work and planning behind the scenes, and I am delighted that she has been approved by the CQC as new Manager of the Clinic as Essex Private Doctors Ltd.
The new location has four consultation rooms and a dedicated minor surgery suite. Our rooms are on the ground and first floor, and our building is wheelchair accessible. There is good availability of car parking in the Coptfold Road multistorey car park directly opposite, or the Chatham Way surface level car park a couple of minutes’ walk away. Dedicated blue badge parking is available onsite.
I will continue to work my normal hours at Essex Private Doctors Ltd, as will Dr Scott and Dr Beddoe. We will also have more practitioners joining us to improve patient choice and appointment availability, Dr Henry Grundy-Wheeler is a very experienced GP who will be joining us at the end of June.
Our duty of care to you will remain unchanged and our core values of providing excellent medical care and availability will remain. We know that this move will only enhance convenience and patient experience, and we will now be able to offer more services to our patients.
Our new website will be launched on 18th June giving further information and full details of our new clinic.
I would like to take this opportunity as outgoing manager to thank all our patients for their trust and loyalty over the years, especially during the challenging times of Covid. Under the expert guidance of Dr Scott, I know that we will be offering a Private GP service that is second to none and I hope that we can count on your continuing support.
Dr Kannan Athreya