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A group of doctors’ surgeries that serve 60,000 people face “a serious threat of overload” because of plans for new care homes, it is claimed. A patients’ organisation is worried about the strains the facilities will place on doctors’ time and their ability to care for residents already on their books. They say they “pose a threat to all surgeries and patients in the district.” It follows the granting of planning permission for one 78-bed care home in Kings Hill, and a 70-bed care home near West Malling train station. It is understood others are in the pipeline. The approved facility will be f…

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