Rayleigh and Wickford MP, Mark Francois, recently paid a visit to the Jones Family Practice in Hockley where he publicly expressed his support for the practice, which provides a valuable service to residents in and around Hockley.
Mark had received a handful of minor complaints about issues relating to the booking of appointments and reception at the surgery so he decided to go and visit the surgery to discuss matters directly. During his visit, Mark met with members of the surgery’s Patient Participation Group (the PPG), as well as Dr Mahmud and the Practice Manager, Kerri-ann Lee, and Mark spent over an hour discussing these issues with them.
Mark regarded the visit as a very positive one and he was reassured to hear the very strong support of the patient representatives for the practice, which has been headed up for several years by popular local GP, Dr Mahmud.
Commenting on his visit to the Jones Family Practice, Mark said:
"I am pleased that I had an opportunity to visit the practice recently and see for myself the very good work that is going on there on behalf of the thousands of patients that are on the practice lists. The Army have a saying that ‘time spent in reconnaissance is rarely wasted’ – in other words if you hear about something, where you can, go and see it for yourself. Having visited the practice, I am confident it is in good order and providing a very good service for its patients. It was good to see Dr Mahmud again to talk to his staff and patients and to demonstrate my support for the effective work that goes