News:

New Clinic

Practice Nurse Anna-Marie is now running a Family Planning and Woman’s Health Clinic every Monday evening from 4.30pm until 6.30pm.

This includes:

Pill checks

Depo injections

Cervical screening

Emergency contraception and missed pill advice

Coil checks

HRT checks

STI information

 

Please telephone 01277 821699 for an appointment

Saturday Mornings

We are open for extended hours and have a surgery starting at 8.30 a.m. with one doctor and one nurse in attendance. For patients unable to attend the surgery during weekday hours, we offer routine appointments which can be prebooked up to a week in advance and a few appointments available on the morning. As there is only one doctor on duty you may not be able to see your usual GP.

For urgent problems and home visits on a Saturday morning patients will be directed to the Out of Hours Service provided by the Primary Care Trust.

Out of Hours

If you need a doctor urgently out of hours please ring 01277 821699. Patients will be automatically transfered to the PCT provided Out of Hours Care Service.

Test Results

If you have had any tests or X-Rays and the doctor has asked you to telephone for the results, please could you ring after 11.00a.m. or preferably in the afternoon when the phones are less busy.

Phone Calls & Home Visits

TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS

Telephone consultations are an efficient method of dealing with a large range of queries and advice both for patients and clinicians and the practice is happy to facilitate this.

However, unless in an emergency, doctors and nurses are not normally interrupted during a consultation with another patient, for obvious reasons. If you wish to speak to a specific doctor or nurse (assuming that it is not an emergency situation) you will be asked to ring back at a specific time, when the doctor or nurse will be free. This is likely to be after the end of a surgery, or before the start of a subsequent one.

Alternatively, your contact details are taken so that the doctor or nurse can ring you back at a mutually convenient time. 

HOME VISITS

Please try to come to the surgery where possible. If you are too ill or housebound and you require a home visit, please telephone the surgery on 01277 821699.

If possible home visits should be requested before 10.30 a.m.

If you require a visit in an emergency, ring the usual surgery number 01277 821699.