Plans to provide a temporary GP service for under threat surgery abandoned

Richmond House Surgery will close its doors in October Credit: ITV News Central

GP practices in Whitchurch in Shropshire could be forced to take on thousands of extra patients after plans to find alternative provision for a practice threatened with closure were abandoned.

Richmond House Surgery is set to close its doors in October after an appeal to find a new premises failed.

Today health bosses at Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) announced plans to provide a temporary GP service at Whitmore Community Hospital will not go ahead.

David Evans from Shropshire CCG said: “Unfortunately and disappointingly, at the final stage of the procurement process on Friday 16th September the CCG became aware that we had not been successful in securing a caretaker provider."

Last month protests were held in demonstration against its closure. Health bosses will now deliberate about future provision for the surgery's patients.