Yes, Minister

JUNIOR health minister Hazel Blears kept her promise and met with Worthing s troubled doctors yesterday.

JUNIOR health minister Hazel Blears kept her promise and met with Worthing s troubled doctors.

The minister had a private meeting with Dr Bruce Allan and other local GPs at the Shelley Road Surgery.

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The Herald revealed the disturbing problems at doctors surgeries in Worthing in a campaign which reached the House of Commons.

Overstretched and underfunded, Worthing s surgery staff have suffered armed, drug-crazed patients, torrents of verbal abuse and vandalism.

Also, the high percentage of elderly people in the town contributed to huge waiting lists and a potentially dangerous workload for doctors.

Mrs Blears had promised Worthing MPs Tim Loughton and Peter Bottomley she would come and see local services first-hand, following a parliamentary debate on the issue last month.

The full story is in the Herald, August 16.

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