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in the Shawlands area, practice manager Tammy Rice happened across the ideal premises, a former painter and decorator unit just off Kilmarnock Road. The property was a large
rectangular space and roughly three times the size of the existing practice, allowing them to fi t it out as a fi ve-surgery prac- tice. The internal condition was quite poor but this meant the whole place could be stripped down to the bare bones and built up just as they needed it.
Wish list Before any work started, staff were asked to draw up a wish list of things they would like to see in the new practice and the top of the list was a shower room. This would mean staff could cycle to work, exercise at lunch breaks and still be fresh for their shift, as well as allowing them to freshen up if they were heading straight out on the town on a Friday night. Alistair and his team then
set to work with architect John Russell in designing the new practice. They identifi ed that all the surgeries should be of roughly the same size and
be of similar layout to allow nurses to move easily between them, have a large offi ce space so that admin could be carried out away from the front desk, a large staff area – with staff toilet and locker room, a room for the OPT and, of course, space for an LDU. Alistair co-ordinated the
transfer of the existing practice equipment with engineer John Lindsay and the computer system with management company WYSdom, sorting out the transfer in just four days. Other suppliers involved included Wright Cottrell dental units, NSK handpieces and wall art from the Design Depot. The practice opened to
patients in October last year. They took on a new associate, Jane Hinshalwood, to work alongside Alistair, his partner Wendy Martin and associate Ben Withers. After just six months in the new premises, they have 750 new patients on their list. Looking back over the whole
experience, Alistair said: “The cost of the project went over my budget in the end, but the completion of the premises has absolutely exceeded all my expectations.”
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