Solitary surgeries

There seems to have been another triumph for the congestion charge brigade. The doctors surgeries must have been getting too crowded so, rather than do something positive, like getting more doctors, the powers that be have put up the prescription charge

There seems to have been another triumph for the congestion charge brigade.

The doctors' surgeries must have been getting too crowded so, rather than do something positive, like getting more doctors, the powers that be have put up the prescription charges in an effort to dissuade people from going there.