A GP surgery which has been in a town for more than 10 years has announced its closure. The Crane Surgery in Rectory Fields, Cranbrook, has shut permanently following a doctor’s retirement. Run by Dr David Hindmarsh, the service was registered in 2014 and had been rated Good in the latest CQC report in 2017 when it had 1,934 patients on its books. In November 2022, there were proposals for the site to merge with Old School Surgery next door. It was set to come into effect from April the following year. However, following a consultation with patients, it was announced in March that this would n…