It is with very mixed emotions that I announce my decision to retire from partnership at Ardleigh Surgery in November 2024.

I have worked at the practice since 2003, initially as an occasional locum GP then as a salaried GP and since 2016, as a partner. In this time, the surgery, my colleagues and the patients have become very dear to me, and I shall miss you all.

Over the years there have been many challenges and changes in terms of new developments in medicine, turnover of staff, pandemics etc, and collectively we have come together to deal with these. I look back on many proud moments in my career, but the time has now come for me to hang up my stethoscope.

It has been a pleasure and an honour to have been involved in your medical care, at times invited into aspects of your lives and sometimes even invited into your homes. I wish you all good health for the future.

With best wishes,

Dr Robert Lenart