Any face-to-face appointments are telephone
triaged and are at the GP's discretion. Prior to the
appointment all patients are required to have their
temperatures checked and to ask the receptionist for
a token which they can use on our blood pressure machine,
the machine will check your Blood pressure, height and
weight. You will get a printout of your results which
can then be passed onto the receptionist where it can
be added to your health records.
The first phase of the NHS Covid-19
vaccination programme has started. When it is the right
time you will receive an invitation to come forward.
For most people this will be a letter, either from your
GP or the national NHS. This letter will include all
the information you will need to book appointments,
including your NHS number. Please do not contact the
NHS to get an appointment until you get this letter.
Information on the vaccine is available here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-vaccine/
During the Coronavirus
pandemic, all young babies will continue to receive
their 2 month (8 week) checks and immunisations from
the practice. Patient's should contact the practice
to make an appointment for themselves and their baby
or babies, with one of our GP's and nurses. Post-natal
appointments can also be made with the nurse.
On-entry to the Health centre
you will be asked by the health centre security guard
to make sure that you are wearing face masks or face
coverings, he will ask if you are exempt, and will ask
you to santatise your hands. The service is provided
by Prototech
Security.
Please be aware that at certain
times of the day our phone lines are busy with patients
enquiring about booking appointments and test results,
for a quick response please contact the practice
between 2.30PM and 4.30PM. For appointments,
we would like to make you aware that we offer the use
of an online booking system, which allows you to book
appointments in advance and handle prescriptions online.
Please collect a letter from the reception to gain access
to this system, once
you have your login details, you can login from here
For patients who are unable to book or make an appointment
during normal surgery hours we offer extended
opening hours from 6.30PM to 7.00PM on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday evenings. We have
a limited capacity of appointments so it is important
that if you are able to make an appointment but if you
cannot attend, you need to let us know as someone else
may need that slot and you may not be able to book another
one.
These appointments cannot
be pre-booked and are just for emergencies.
If all the emergency
and urgent appointments are not available, and the problem
cannot wait, it is up to the doctor to decide if the
patient can be seen or not, it is not up to the receptionist
(s).
Website updated on Friday
15th January 2021 |