A DOCTOR has retired after 28 years of service as a general practitioner at a medical practice.

Dr Ian Smith, a senior partner at Merstow Green Medical Practice, in Evesham, raised £550 at his retirement coffee morning.

Some 137 patients attended the event at the surgery, which lasted for two hours, on Saturday, March 25.

The money will go towards St Richard's Hospice, based in Wildwood Drive, Worcester, which provides palliative care.