Local surgery provides an exemplary service

10:09am Thursday 3rd July 2008

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I WAS appalled to see "my" surgery, Old Orchard Surgery Wilton, on the PCT's absurd hitlist (Journal June 26).

Old Orchard Surgery is an iconic beacon of light in a generally pretty depressing NHS. The team there are top class, best of British, and the patient comes first, first and first again. It is almost - but not quite - a pleasure to pop in there.

"Super - Surgery" conjures up nightmare images of a Kremlin type building buried in the bowels of a Salisbury backwater packed full of patients queueing, coughing and spluttering, babies wailing, the odd rat around, the sinister spectre of MRSA rampant at every corner, and as for the parking - presumably even worse than Odstock - should that be possible.

The hapless Wiltshire PCT spokesman needs to sharpen up! There has been no discussion here in the "local community" as suggested. He or she burbles on about moving services closer to patients : pure pie in the sky. Salisbury is further from Stapleford than Wilton, let alone Amesbury, Tidworth or Timbuctoo.

The Super - Surgery concept is barking mad and should be kicked hard into touch before even more taxpayers' money is squandered on it. As for the genius who dreamt it up - send for the men in white coats!

JASPER ARCHER
Stapleford