AN UNDER-fire surgery has been placed in special measures, just days after it confirmed five of its GPs had resigned.

Beggarwood Surgery, in Broadmere Road, was rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following a second inspection on February 28, 2017.

The surgery, which serves approximately 7,400 patients, has been facing a staffing problem and this week confirmed that from mid-June, five of its GPs would leave the surgery and be replaced by two temporary GPs and a nurse to cover appointments until new staff are recruited.

Ruth Rankine, deputy chief inspector of General Practice, a branch of the CQC, said the situation was “worrying” and that her team found “a decline in the standards” since its last inspection in May 2016.

North Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group and the surgery has been asked to supply a comment.

For the full report on the issues at Beggarwood Surgery, read next week’s Gazette.