Surgery signs up to craze for ping pong

A surgery operated by Devon Doctors' subsidiary Access Health Care now boasts its very own table-tennis table.

Cranbrook Medical Centre, which is situated in Devon's first new standalone settlement since the middle ages, is the latest location to join the free street ping pong phenomenon which has seen table tennis tables popping up in remarkable and surprising places across the Exeter area.

Cranbrook almost missed out as finding a suitable location for the table amidst all the ongoing building works was proving problematic. However Access Health Care manager Mark Knight came to the rescue and suggested the surgery as a location for the table.

"We were very happy to help," said Mark. "Anything that encourages our patients to be active, fit and healthy has got to be a good thing."