A PATIENT has expressed concern over the state of the car park at the Severn Way GP surgery in Keynsham.
The patient, who asked not to be named, said he felt the car park was dangerous despite recent repair work.
He told the Voice that he became aware of the issue when he and his wife visited the surgery a number of weeks ago.
“We were quite shocked at the poor state of the car park – very dirty, muddy and uneven. There was a large standing pool of water at one end and a large ‘lip’ from the gravel car park to the road – around six inches at its worst point.
“My wife tripped on this lip and almost went headlong as she stepped onto the road.”
He wrote the practice, after which a friend told him that repairs had been carried out, so he went to have a look.
“What a mess. Someone has simply poured some gravel into the rain-filled hollow and then run a thin line of gravel along the lip so it’s now a slope rather than a lip up to the road.
“It’s not been tamped down so within weeks the gravel will just have spread everywhere. Talk about a half-hearted attempt – it’s shockingly bad.
He added: “It’s not only uneven and dangerous, it also looks unsightly, and I personally would expect more of a surgery that presumably caters for a good many elderly people like us.”
The surgery is a branch of the West View Surgery.
A spokesperson for West View said: “In response to the patient’s concerns, we have assessed the risk of the car park. While we acknowledge that it is not aesthetically pleasing, we do not consider it to be dangerous.
“The car park is gravel, which can often become uneven. However, we will monitor it regularly. At this time, we do not have any further repairs planned.”
