ST JULIANS MEDICAL CENTRE

Drs Price, Saleh, Yule,
Monsell, Evans & Brown

13a Stafford Road
Newport
South Wales NP19 7DQ
Tel: 01633 251304

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Opening Hours

Monday - Friday

8.30am - 6.00pm

A Practice With A History

It is over forty years since a Newport doctor's practice hit the national headlines. The furore blew up because at that time unsightly telegraph poles were not allowed on council estates and the St Julians Practice started up by Dr John E Lloyd was refused planning permission for a telegraph pole outside the surgery. It became known as the "practice without a phone" but after the local and national press stepped in with headlines like "No pole, no doc!" all became sweetness and light and a phone was installed.

Permission had been granted to develop a new general practice in the St Julians area and Dr Lloyd rented a council house in Worcester Crescent but within two years the facilities proved inadequate and a new house was built in Beaufort Road, St Julians. Dr David Davies had now joined the team to meet the demands of the new practice but accommodation was often so inadequate that patients sat on the grass outside to wait their turn.

It was decided to move once again, this time to 213 Caerleon Road and even larger facilities. Growth continued and the practice welcomed Dr Bernard Palmer who had returned from Canada.

By the 1980s a lady doctor, Dr Saleh, had joined the practice and with the additions of a practice manager, installation of a computer system, the practice at 213 Caerleon Road was literally going through the roof!

Retirement was fast approaching for the two elder partners and the younger partner, Dr Simon Price, began looking for larger accommodation. Previously, the old St Julians Clinic controlled by the local authority had only been available for rental, but with changing political attitudes the site in Stafford Road became available for purchase. The post-war hangar-type building was demolished and has now made way for a large multi-function clinic to carry on the traditions of the Caerleon Road surgery. It is hoped this will cope with the demands of the new century.

Dr Graeme Yule joined the practice at 213 Caerleon Road in August 1992 and Dr Ray Monsell in February 1993. Dr Janet Evans joined us at St Julians Medical Centre in August 1995. Dr Malcolm Brown joined in January 2001.

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