ChilversMcCrea’s founders recognised for entrepreneurial achievement
Dr Sarah Chilvers, Chief Executive of ChilversMcCrea, and Dr Rory McCrea, Chair, have been awarded the 2008 Independent Healthcare Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement. Sponsored by Laing and Buisson, the awards highlight the range of achievement within the independent health and care sector, and pay tribute to those individuals and teams that have demonstrated excellence in their particular fields.
The award recognises Sarah and Rory’s success in building a unique offer to the primary care sector and celebrates the extraordinary growth of the organisation since it was founded in 2003.
Speaking after the awards ceremony, Sarah Chilvers commented:
“We are thrilled to have won. ChilversMcCrea’s success and growth in the last six years is testament to the hard work of our team at head office and all our surgery staff. This award recognises the challenges we have faced and the personal commitment of us all to providing high quality primary healthcare to patients in areas where provision has previously been inadequate or insufficient.
We’d like to thank Hempsons for nominating us for this award and being wonderful hosts on the night.”
Birmingham WiC under new management
Following an intensive and competitive round of interviews during the tender process, ChilversMcCrea Healthcare has been awarded the management contract for the NHS Walk-in Centre (WiC) in Central Birmingham. The WiC, which operates from the Boots store on High Street, will form part of the new NHS Birmingham Healthcare Centre, and will be supported by a GP Practice, a Contraception and Sexual Health Centre and a Dental Practice. The WiC contract for ChilversMcCrea will begin on October 1st 2008 and plans are in operation to raise awareness of the service amongst the local population and City visitors.
Like all WiCs this one will provide services 7 days a week across extended opening hours for patients with minor ailments and injuries.
This new WiC contract complements the contracts that ChilversMcCrea already holds for Milton Keynes and North Middlesex WiCs.
Dr Sarah Chilvers, Chief Executive of ChilversMcCrea Healthcare, said she was delighted with the appointment, saying:
“It confirms for me that the hard work we do as an organisation to improve healthcare services for the general public is having a positive impact,”