Shipman surgery to quit

The surgery where serial killer Harold Shipman killed at least six of his patients and plotted the deaths of many more is to close, it emerged today.

The inquiry into Shipman’s crimes found that six of his patients had been unlawfully killed or murdered during visits to his practice on Market Street in the centre of Hyde, Greater Manchester.

A further 137 patients were killed while Shipman practised at the one-man surgery he set up in 1992.

Now, the surgery is to close after councillors approved plans for a new medical centre and pharmacy elsewhere in the town centre.

The centre, to be built by the end of next year, will cater for the 3,000 former Shipman patients still registered at Market Street together with patients from another surgery in the town.

Last month, the interim report of the Shipman Inquiry found that he had killed at least 215 of his patients during his career as a GP.