David Ruffley MP will visit Woolpit Health Centre in Heath Road, Woolpit on Friday, 18 September to continue his series of meetings with local general practitioners and their associated practice staff.

Woolpit Health Centre is a large rural practice with six full time GPs, a wide range of primary care services and an on site pharmacy. They also run a minibus service to the Surgery to assist their patients in outlying villages.

Meetings between MPs and GPs are being encouraged by the British Medical Association (BMA) in a scheme set up to give MPs the opportunity to learn more about the delivery of primary care.

David said: 'I have visited GP surgeries on many occasions as the local MP and they know they can always contact me if necessary. But I also wanted to participate in the BMA's scheme to show my support for all the hard work general practitioners and associated staff do for our local communities.

'The NHS has had a high profile recently so this series of visits I am undertaking will be a valuable opportunity for an exchange of views about both local and national health issues.'