Health bosses are refusing to discuss their reviews of GP care and walk-in services at a controversial health centre, and what they mean for patients.

The Gosbury Hill clinic in Hook opened in a storm of controversy in 2010, following arguments about whether walk-in services should even be there.

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Patients and others have long said they should be housed elsewhere.

That location, it is understood, could now be the new Surbiton Health Centre – but health commissioners claimed they could not discuss details of the plans because of the upcoming general election.

This week NHS England also revealed it would make decisions this year about the future of GP surgery contracts at Gosbury Hill.

A spokeswoman said: “A decision regarding the future provision of GP services at the Gosbury Hill GP-led health centre will be made later this year.

“We will consult on any proposals before a final decision is made.”

The spokeswoman refused to add more detail, but suggested in a further email that “there are various options open for discussion”.

Kingston and Surbiton MP Edward Davey said he backed moving the walk-in clinic to Surbiton, but would not support moving GP services there.

He said: “That would be quite wrong. These patients have to have a doctor – that doctor has to be in that area.”

Chessington North and Hook Councillor Margaret Thompson said: “I don’t believe there could be complete closure of all three surgeries.

“[The Orchard practice] has got a significant number of patients on its books.”

A Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) spokeswoman said: “Kingston CCG has responsibility for the enhanced ‘walk-in’ service, however no decisions have been made.

“The CCG will consult on any proposals to change the current service provision.”

The spokeswoman refused to provide any further information, citing election-period purdah.

“Purdah”, which officially begins on March 30, means councils and civil servants should not publish partisan or politically-led information.

However, documents seen by the Surrey Comet show that NHS England, the CCG and the walk-in service provider all agree the clinic should be moved, possibly as early as September.

Francis Brannan, from the Chessington and District Residents’ Association, said the plan was “very much” an admission of failure by health commissioners over the clinic’s location.

Colin Dance, of the Orchard Practice patients’ group, said: “It was never a walk-in centre – people had to make an appointment.

“It should have been placed in Kingston or somewhere in the middle of the borough from the outset.”