HEALTH officials have confirmed how a GP surgery is being used after a lot of confusion amongst readers.

Last month, it was announced by the Forest Health Group that Boundary House Surgery in Mount Lane, Bracknell is being used as a Covid-19 assessment site.

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Any patients registered at the practise would have to use the surgeries on Bagshot Road and Skimped Hill Lane.

However, one resident expressed her confusion as to why patients still can't access their nearby GP surgery and have to travel to a different location.

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The woman who wishes to remain unidentified said: "The surgery is located in the middle of an area of retirement dwellings and patients have been told that they must now go to surgeries at Sainsburys or Skimped |Hill, both difficult for elderly people to get to, however, due to the coronavirus situation most people understand this. There are a lot of cars going in and out of Boundary House, but what is it and for how long will the surgery be closed. No one seems to know what is going on there."

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East Berkshire Clinical Commissioning Group explained how the GP surgery is being used to keep Covid-19 patients and non-coronavirus patients separate from each other.

A statement said: "To protect other patients and staff, all non-Covid related activity has been moved from Boundary House to the other Forest Health Group sites. Any patients registered at the Boundary House site who need to have an appointment and who are not showing Covid-19 symptoms, will be asked to attend a different site.

"To support this new model, GP practices are working flexibly and joining forces, allowing them to consolidate their work and make the best use of their workforce.

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"Keeping people with Covid-19 symptoms separate from people who do not have symptoms is key if we are to help reduce the impact of the pandemic on patients and our NHS staff.

"We appreciate this is inconvenient to patients and we would like to thank everyone concerned for their understanding and their cooperation during this difficult time. We would also like to thank all staff involved for their hard work and dedication."