Fears fly-tipping blighting GP surgery

Rubbish was found fly-tipped outside the Central Medical Centre's Alma Road entrance in Peterborough

A GP surgery has been forced to install CCTV after incidents of fly-tipping.

Staff at Central Medical Centre on St Martin’s Street, in Peterborough, hired a skip so they could clear rubbish left by one of the surgery’s entrances.

Practice manager Karen Fox said she had to "come into work early" to remove items dumped outside the building on Alma Road - including mattresses.

She said incidents like these gave "the wrong impression of the area and the practice".

CCTV will be installed at Peterborough's Central Medical Centre

“We have now been forced to install CCTV cameras to monitor both entrances,” read a statement from the practice on social media.

“Please let's work together to keep our area clean and tidy and somewhere we are proud to be.”

Peterborough City Council said it was working to remove the rubbish.

“The council in the past has cleared it. The outside border of the fence is our land and as such we are responsible for clearing it," Ms Fox said.

"If people dump rubbish on the path it eventually gets pushed into our border, we can’t just push it back on to the path.

“We have hired a skip and I have cleared the mess this morning with the kind help of one of our patients who was walking past."

She added: “The litter brings the area down. We are proud of where we work and the service we offer and want others to see us as a good practice, but the litter piled outside gives the wrong impression of the area and the practice.”

The surgery has an overall rating of good from the Care Quality Commission and serves 15,000 patients.

Members of the public can report fly-tipping online or by calling 01733 747474.