SIR:I refer to the story and caption showing Dr Dave's Surgery which firebugs attacked

I was shocked to see the plight of our surgeries when arsonists attack. I am a regular patient who visits the surgery all the time.

When the surgery started from 32 Derby Street to 160 St Helens Road it was pleasant with nice garden plants and small shrubs.. Now the dogs have fouled, people use this back yard for drug using and what else is going on I wonder. I would have personally taken a photograph to show how dirty the area around the surgery looks with people who take the law into their hands.

It is high time the planning officers should take such things into their consideration and allow a fence to be put around the surgery so that patients and public will benefit rather than it looking as it does at the moment.

Concerned, Bolton

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