A GP surgery in Bromsgrove is asking patients to once again wear face coverings amid a rise of Covid cases.

All New Road Surgery staff will now be wearing face coverings again after concerns of rising Covid cases.

The surgery is asking patients to also wear a face covering at all times.

The GP surgery on New Road posted on Facebook: “We have made this decision based on changing recommendations from NHS Public Health and our own concerns regarding the increasing cases of Covid and the risks of having large numbers of patients and staff in the building.

“We wish to keep all our patients safe and well and minimise the risk of catching Covid whilst at the surgery.

“We are at the same time trying to minimise the risk of staff catching Covid from our patients as having multiple staff off with Covid, whether GP's, nurses or administrative staff can have a huge impact on the services we can provide to patients e.g. longer time to answer calls as less receptionists, delays for referrals by secretaries, less nurse or GP appointments etc.”