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The practice since 1973 has changed as follows:

1973 - Dr. Max Wallis retired. Dr Hugh Pihlens came. Drs Kennedy & Pihlens.

1979 - Dr Jerry Bray joined the practice - Drs Kennedy, Pihlens & Bray.

1980 - Dr. Kennedy retired. Dr Robin Dunn joined - Drs Pihlens, Bray & Dunn.

1980 - Large extension to the surgery building. The office was much enlarged, a common-room was added, as well as a treatment-room and office for the health visitors.

1981 - Appointment system introduced.

1981 - Dr Lois Pihlens started part-rime work at the surgery.

1982 - Computer system introduced.

1986 - Dr. Peter Hetherington joined the partnership - Drs. Pihlens, Bray, Dunn, & Hetherington.

1973 - Major extension to the surgery - nearly doubling the size.

1989 - John Harington Hawes appointed as first Practice Manager.

2001 - Dr Helen Dace joined the partnership - Drs Pihlens, Bray, Dunn, Hetherington & Dace.

2002 - Dr Lois Pihlens retired.

2004 - New GP Contract came into force. Responsibility for out-of-hours services was taken over by the Primary Care Trust, who set up Westcall, based at Newbury Hospital.

2004 - John Harington Hawes retired - Ian Barnes appointed.

2004 - Dr Niti Sodhi joined the partnership.

2006 - Drs Pihlens & Bray retired - Dr Alex Anderson appointed

2007 - Dr Dunn retired.

See also:
Medicine in Hungerford:
-The Early Days
-The Start of Organised Medicine
-The 19th Century and Medical Nepotism
-The Early 1900s
- District Nursing
-The First World War
-Between the Wars
-The Second World War
-The Coming of the N.H.S.
-The 1950s
>The Healthcare Team

Updated: 23.3.2010

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