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What do you know about Cornwall? Choose the correct answers.
2 Key words
Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text.
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Cornish village hopes to charm new 138 doctors’ premises shut their doors in 2018,
GP into taking over practice compared with 18 in 2013. The data suggested
that smaller surgeries – those serving 5,000 or
Mevagissey launches campaign asking doctors
fewer patients – were the worst affected in 2018,
across the country: ‘Will you be my GP?’
accounting for 86% of closures. GPs told the
Frances Perraudin Guardian that under-resourcing and difficulties
6 June, 2019 recruiting new doctors were forcing surgeries
to close.
1 Lorna Cavanagh can name every doctor who
has worked at the surgery in the Cornish fishing 6 Mevagissey’s pitch is a simple one: theirs is
village of Mevagissey since 1944, the year she a thriving fishing community, with the second
was born. The 75-year-old describes calling the biggest fishing port in Cornwall. As well as the
doctor at 2 am when her sister-in-law was taken retired population, there are young families living
ill in the 1970s. “You could see him from our there. There are 5,300 patients on the surgery’s
window coming down that hill on his moped,” she lists from both the village and the surrounding
said. “It was a very personal service.” areas, but, during the summer months, there is
an influx of tourists who often need medical care.
2 In May, 2019, the well-respected partner of the
The campaign has apparently already resulted in
local practice, Dr Katherine James, announced
some expressions of interest, though they said
she would be handing back her contract to run
they could not go into detail. “Who wouldn’t want
the surgery on 31 July. NHS England says it is
to be a GP here?” said Cavanagh.
assessing the options available, but it is feared
the much-loved community surgery could close 7 Dr Marlene Behennah worked at Mevagissey
and its 5,300 patients be forced to use the Surgery for 30 years until 2002 – she was also
infrequent and expensive bus service to travel born in the village and went to school with
elsewhere for treatment. Cavanagh. “I’m very, very sad about this,” she
said of the possibility the surgery will close.
3 Faced with this prospect, the residents of
“I mean, this is my life’s work.” The problem
Mevagissey, which is eight miles south of St
is, she said, that not enough GPs want to
Austell, the nearest medium-sized town, took
become partners, which involves taking on the
matters into their own hands. The “Will you be
responsibility for the running of the practice.
my GP?” campaign aims to persuade doctors
Figures by NHS England show there were 179
around the country that they should make
closures of contracts to run GP practices in
the picturesque fishing village, with its narrow
2017–18, compared with 107 the year before.
winding streets and superior fish and chips, their
Mevagissey Surgery had been advertising for a
home. In a campaign video posted on the Cornwall
new partner for years before the decision was
Channel, a crowd of residents chant: “Be our GP.
made to end the contract.
We are a lovely community. We need you.”
8 Behennah said the increasing amounts of
4 “There’s no point in us saying that we want to
admin are putting people off. “If you’re a young
get a doctor to come down here, if we can’t
doctor and you have a family, you don’t want,
demonstrate that a doctor might be interested in
when you’ve finished at the end of the day,
doing that,” said Kim Andrews, who kickstarted
to spend two hours collecting data for the
the campaign with local Conservative councillor
government. Why should they spend two hours
James Mustoe. “There might be a doctor out
doing nonsense after working all day? The
there who maybe had never thought about
National Health Service, over its 70 years, has
moving to Cornwall. Maybe they think of Cornwall
evolved,” she said. “Every generation does things
as somewhere they go on holiday once every ten
differently. Things have got to evolve, and people
years. I think the first step is to remind them that
have probably got to be prepared to accept a
we’re here and it’s a lovely place to live.”
different sort of healthcare.” But, she says, rural
5 The problem facing Mevagissey – with its communities are being neglected. “What works
population of around 2,000 – is not a unique one for London – drop-in centres and such – doesn’t
for rural communities. Research by the medical work for an area like this. Public transport is not
website Pulse published recently found that good; people can’t travel long distances.”
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9 A spokesperson for NHS England & NHS while on holiday. “It’s a genuine community here,”
Improvement South West said: “It’s our duty to she said. “It takes half an hour to go somewhere
make sure people continue to have access to GP that should take five minutes because everyone
care, and we want to make sure that happens in talks to you. It’s just got a real warmth about it.”
the best way possible.” The body is due to set A new GP would be welcomed with open arms,
out the options for the future of the surgery in “not just because of what they do but because we
the coming days after an online survey of local love it when people come and live here”.
residents’ views closed on Wednesday.
© Guardian News and Media 2019
10 Aza Adlam, an arts and crafts teacher, moved First published in The Guardian, 06/06/19
to Mevagissey in 2015 after falling in love with it
4 Comprehension check
Choose the best answer according to the text.
1. How have the residents of Mevagissey reacted to the news that their local doctor’s surgery may close?
a. They have decided to use the bus to visit the surgery in a nearby town.
b. They have started a campaign to attract a new doctor to the practice.
c. They have decided to focus on fishing.
4. Why does it take half an hour in Mevagissey to go somewhere that should take five minutes?
a. because the streets are narrow and winding
b. because it’s full of tourists throughout the year
c. because it’s friendly and people want to talk to you
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5 Find the word
Find the following words and phrases in the text.
1. assess a. a problem
2. face b. interest
3. publish c. detail
4. express d. the options
5. go into e. access to something
6. have f. research
7 Word-building
Fill the gaps in the sentences using the correct form of the word in brackets at the end of each sentence.
8 Discussion
Discuss the statements.
• People should be paid extra to work in rural communities.
• Too many tourists can be a problem.
• Doctors should be the best-paid professionals.
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1. county 1. infrequent
2. southwest 2. take matters into your own hands
3. Celtic 3. premises
4. tin 4. recruit
5. 697 5. put off
6. neglect
7. set out
2 Key words 8. welcome with open arms
1. surgery
2. practice 6 Verb + noun collocations
3. picturesque
4. kickstart 1. d
5. rural 2. a
6. under-resourcing 3. f
7. thriving 4. b
8. influx 5. c
9. admin 6. e
10. evolve
7 Word-building
3 Find the information
1. closures
1. around 2,000 2. differently
2. 5,300 3. infrequently (or frequently)
3. 70 years 4. winding
4. on 31 July, 2019 5. apparently
5. 30 years 6. increasing
6. eight miles
4 Comprehension check
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
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