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Surgery damaged by patient's car | Surgery damaged by patient's car |
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A GPs' surgery has been left structurally unsafe after being struck by a Mercedes as a patient was parking. | A GPs' surgery has been left structurally unsafe after being struck by a Mercedes as a patient was parking. |
Pendyffryn surgery in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, has been left without power and some patients may have to be seen at other sites. | Pendyffryn surgery in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, has been left without power and some patients may have to be seen at other sites. |
Engineers have used props to make the two-storey building safe while the repairs needed are assessed. | Engineers have used props to make the two-storey building safe while the repairs needed are assessed. |
The surgery's 18,500 patients were being asked to contact the surgery as usual to make appointments. | The surgery's 18,500 patients were being asked to contact the surgery as usual to make appointments. |
Practice manager Beth Roberts said repairs were expected to take weeks and some GPs were without computer access in the meantime. | Practice manager Beth Roberts said repairs were expected to take weeks and some GPs were without computer access in the meantime. |
However, four of the 11 GPs at the practice were working from two branch surgeries, where they could access the computer system, she said. | However, four of the 11 GPs at the practice were working from two branch surgeries, where they could access the computer system, she said. |
One consulting room, a large work room, a corridor and the staff and disabled entrances were damaged when a car being driven by an elderly man attempting to park in a disabled parking bay struck the building, she said.The damage to the surgery was assessed by engineers | One consulting room, a large work room, a corridor and the staff and disabled entrances were damaged when a car being driven by an elderly man attempting to park in a disabled parking bay struck the building, she said.The damage to the surgery was assessed by engineers |
Ms Roberts said: "The driver is a patient of ours and is unwell. He was parking. | Ms Roberts said: "The driver is a patient of ours and is unwell. He was parking. |
"I think he was coming in. He was running into a disabled space and has gone forward over the pavement. | |
"Those who were working the building heard the bang. The doctor working in the room next door felt the bang. | "Those who were working the building heard the bang. The doctor working in the room next door felt the bang. |
"Obviously the driver was very shaken. He is okay. The car was not that badly damaged either. | "Obviously the driver was very shaken. He is okay. The car was not that badly damaged either. |
Ms Roberts said the practice's emergency plan kicked in after the initial incident and doctors and staff had been "absolutely brilliant" in responding to the disruption. | Ms Roberts said the practice's emergency plan kicked in after the initial incident and doctors and staff had been "absolutely brilliant" in responding to the disruption. |
She added: "It's every practice manager's nightmare. From the clinical governance point of view, it's very worrying. | She added: "It's every practice manager's nightmare. From the clinical governance point of view, it's very worrying. |
"They [the GPs] don't have any past medical histories to refer to. | "They [the GPs] don't have any past medical histories to refer to. |
"Some doctors will know the patients well enough anyway. The patients do go to see the same doctor." | "Some doctors will know the patients well enough anyway. The patients do go to see the same doctor." |
Denbighshire Local Health Board said: "Patients will be advised by the surgery where to attend for appointments, which are being provided at branch surgeries, and neighbouring practices." | Denbighshire Local Health Board said: "Patients will be advised by the surgery where to attend for appointments, which are being provided at branch surgeries, and neighbouring practices." |
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