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‘Hardworking’ GP has bike stolen from outside medical practice - he can no longer make home visits to palliative care patients
Moss Side since 2018.He uses his Merida Crossway bike to make home visits and see many of his palliative care patients who are on end-of-life treatment.On Monday afternoon (July 13) at around 2pm, staff at the GP practice discovered the bike had disappeared from a gated area at the rear of the building.It was later realised that the security gate wasn't locked.“He’s rarely had a day off since the beginning of the pandemic because he’s been determined to see his patients and ensure they’re cared for,” Carly Povey, Medicines Management Lead at the Manchester Medical practice, told the M.E.N.“The bike is his only mode of transport and that’s how he gets out to see many of our patients who are about to pass away.” Carly said Dr Alasdair, who