A town centre doctors surgery has closed with immediate effect after a GP was declared bankrupt.
Health bosses have confirmed that the Abbey Surgery on Abbey Street in Accrington closed at the end of last week and that the situation was out of their control.
A general practitioner at the surgery – Dr Alec Yolomoni Kapenda – was declared bankrupt the day before the closure.
Marie Mootooveeren, practice nurse and manager who had been at the surgery since it opened in 1991, said six staff have been left out of a job.
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She said: The staff at the former Abbey Surgery were shocked and saddened by the unexpected closure. We were on duty and just about to go home when we were told…
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