THE Prime Minister has said that he will look into the future of a Ribble Valley GP surgery which is facing funding cuts.

David Cameron was answering a question from Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday on the cuts facing Slaidburn Medical Centre.

The practice is facing closure after the government announced £90,000 of funds would be withdrawn over the next seven years.

If the Townend surgery closes, 1,000 patients would face journeys of eight miles to a doctor in Clitheroe.

Mr Evans said: “With the disappearance of the minimum practice income guarantee, many doctors’ surgeries servicing rural areas, like the one in Slaidburn in my constituency, face death not by 1,000 cuts but maybe death by one cut.”

Mr Cameron said: “I too represent a large rural constituency where there are still small practices.

“I will look at the specific point that he makes.”