HOW DO I...
OBTAIN TELEPHONE
ADVICE?
If you would like to speak to one
of the doctors for test results or any other reason, a convenient time is between
11.30am to 12 noon. Sometimes the doctor will be free at the end of evening surgery.
Calling at these times avoids interrupting other patients' consultations.
The practice nurses are also available on a daily basis for telephone advice.
The best time to call is 1.30pm.
HOW DO I...
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT?
There are two main ways to book
an appointment.
If possible, please book in advance to see the doctor of your choice. Please
let the receptionist know at the time of booking if you feel your problem might
need more than 10 minutes.
If it is not possible to book in advance or you need to see the doctor the same
day then please telephone the surgery as soon as possible after 8.00am. We try
to ensure that at least 12 appointments are available for people calling the
same day. These are equally divided between morning and afternoon surgeries.
Once all these appointments have been filled and a problem arises during the
day that you consider to be of an urgent nature, you will be slotted in at a
time allocated by the emergency doctor of the day.
In order to make the most effective and therefore safest use of the consultation
time, we ask that, wherever possible, you restrict each consultation to a single
problem. It will be at the doctor's discretion whether or not to deal with any
additional problems at the time or to ask you to return for another consultation.
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CANCELLING YOUR APPOINTMENT
If, for whatever reason, you are unable to keep an appointment please let us
know immediately (by telephone, not via emis) so that it can be released for another patient. Whilst we recognise
that there are sometimes unavoidable circumstances we take repeated non-attendance
very seriously as it is unfair on other patients.
HOW DO I...
OBTAIN HOME VISITS?
If it is felt that the patient is
too ill to attend the surgery, please telephone with visit requests before 10.00am.
It is not the doctor's responsibility to arrange transport and the doctor may
sometimes decide that it would be more appropriate for the patient to be seen
in the surgery. The final decision rests with the on-call doctor. |
