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Salon to close A POPULAR salon inMaidstone is to shut after 60 years in the town. SHQ in Puddling Lane has called


it quits, blaming rising overheads, according to reports. Owner SamChan ,who has been


in charge of the business for the past nine years, will continue to see clients froma salon at home. Sam says the new arrangement


will allow her to spend more time with her two daughters.


Forgeries alert POLICE have warned shopkeepers in Maidstone to be on the lookout for forged £50 banknotes. It follows reports that aman tried


to pass off a fake at a Week Street restaurant onMay 1. When staff refused to accept the


note, theman left and headed in the direction ofMaidstone East station. Retailers have been warned to be vigilant.


Hospicewalk ABOUT 1,000 people took part in theBlueBellwalk in aidof theHeart of KentHospice in earlyMay. The journey along the North


Downs raised£16,000 for the charity which supports terminally-ill pa- tients.


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Allingtonpatients get anewsurgery after all


PATIENTS in Allington who feared they would lose access to GP services when two surgeries announced they would shut be- fore the summer have been handed a reprieve. Maidstone-based The College


Practice, in College Road, has stepped in to take over the Alling- ton Clinic and handle those af- fected by the closures. Around 5,000 patients are on the


books of the GPs stepping aside. Dr Robert Mennie (61) blamed


the increased pressure of working “12 ormore hours per day” for his decision to retire. He wrote to his patients: “Over


the past two years, I have started to feel the pressure of working very long hours, often 12 ore hours per day.At this stage inmy career, the long hours have been simply too much forme.” West Kent CCG confirmed that


The College Practice, which also has a practice in Barming, has de- cided to intervene in the crisis.


TheCCGsaid patients registered


with the practice will be able to visit any of the three surgeries. It advised all residents living


within the Allington area who are currently registered with the Allington Park Surgery andAlling- ton Clinic will transfer to the new Allington branch of The College Practice. The transfer will be handled au-


tomatically, so there will be no need for patients to re-register. The CCGintends towrite to all affected patients. “This appears to be a very good


outcome”, says local councillor, Dan Daley, pictured left. “It is vi- tally important that the provision of GP facilitieswithinwalking dis- tance for Allington residents has been continued.” MPHelenGrant said: “I amvery


pleased to hear there is going to be a practice still operating in Alling- ton. This service is crucial for my constituents who live in the area, demonstrated by the fact that so many of them have written to me in the past fewweeks on this topic. “I amglad that theCCGwas able


to find a solution which doesn’t leave my constituents without a surgery and grateful to TheCollege Practice for agreeing to set up this branch practice.” The Allington clinic’s Dr Mayur


Vibhuti decided to also step down at the same time as DrMennie.


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