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Warders Medical Centre
Proposed Move of Warders Medical Centre
Consultation - to consider the proposal to permanently move Warders Medical Centre
Current situation
Warders Medical Centre is planning to move from its existing site to a purpose built larger building as part of the Tonbridge Town Centre programme.
The current surgery building is no longer big enough to serve our patients’ needs.
The current surgery premises do not have the space to be able to provide the clinical or administrative functions required to care for an increasing population nor do they allow for training or expansion. This lack of space has made it difficult for us to run services or introduce new ones. It is also harder to attract more staff to work here or provide training.
Our current lack of space means doctors often have to leave their room before they have finished paperwork so that another clinician can use it to see patients. This can be quite disruptive and results in a delay in completing their administrative duties.
Why change?
We have considered all the options for the future, however, there is no more room to expand where we currently are.
What will be different?
A new building will offer us the opportunity to recruit and retain more staff to better serve our increasing patient numbers, increase our training capacity and allow more services to be delivered and accommodate the growing number of patients in our boundary.
We are already looking at developing ‘group consultations’ for patients to attend that have specific medical problems. We are looking at increasing capacity for services such as physiotherapy and diagnostic services such as ultrasound. We will be able to increase some appointment types by having more suitable rooms always available.
We will be able to work more closely with the voluntary sector and also the local community and hospital trusts to potentially offer space for additional services.
What does this mean for patients?
All patients currently registered at the current site will be transferred to the new site and will continue to access primary care services there. For patients that are housebound or resident in a care home/residential home, there will be no change from the current services.
Share your views
Please complete the following survey to let us know your views on the proposal.
Published: Oct 17, 2025