Some of the users of a medical centre in the Vale of Glamorgan are concerned that their service could be coming under significant strain after it started taking on patients from a closed GP surgery.
When the news came out that Dinas Powys Medical Centre on Murch Road would be taking on some of the patients registered at Albert Road Surgery in Penarth, which was due to close in March, residents feared that their service would become overstretched.
Some responded to the news on social media in January, raising their concerns that appointments could become like 'gold dust' or that securing one could become a lottery. One service user, who did not want to be named, said he thinks the situation is as feared.
