A Plymouth GP surgery has closed suddenly after an inspection found 'serious concerns'.
Barton Surgery in Plymstock was visited last week by the Care Quality Commission, and the closure was announced this morning with the CQC saying it has taken 'urgent enforcement action'.
ITV West Country News understand the concerns are around fire regulations, length of patient consultations and storage of medication.
The largest of the practices to had back its contract was Ocean Health, which ran a surgery at Sterling Road and two others at Chard Road and Collings Park.
They covered 22,000 patients in Plymouth. All of these patients and some 12,000 more are currently being looked after on a temporary basis - and as yet NHS England has not been able to secure anyone to permanently take them on.
Other doctors practices that closed transferred their patients on to other surgeries.
The Devon Clinical Commissioning Group says patients are being given advice about where they can go for treatment. Credit: PA
