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Routine Appointments

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Check Your Condition First

Many conditions can be dealt with without the need to see your GP.

Symptom Checker

Many conditions can be dealt with without the need to see your GP.

The NHS Sympton Checker is an excellent resource to find advice without seeing a GP. You can also try a local pharmacy for advice about a range of conditions and we also have lots of self help information. Please try this advice before contacting the Practice.

 

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Care Navigation

All of our receptionists are completing their Care Navigation training at present.

When you phone for an appointment, they might suggest other professionals that could help you, such as: Opticians, Pharmacists, Nurses, Family Services or Support Groups.

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Book An Appointment

Total Triage Appointment

Our on-the-day availability will be increased significantly as we will no longer be prebooking routine follow-up appointment.

If you have been contacted by the practice and requested by a Clinician to book a follow-up appointment including result follow-ups please use any of the following services that we offer.

Your options are:

  1. Fill in the AccuRx online request form by this link
  2. Log into your NHS app and see if there are any online appointments available. These patient online appointments are the only appointments that can be booked in advance.
  3. If you don’t have internet access, please contact the surgery on 01323 441234. Our Reception team can help you complete an online request form.
  4. Visit the surgery, the reception team although they are no longer able to book appointments, the team will help you submit an online request form to the triage team if necessary.

Our services for making an appointment will be available from 8.00am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. These requests will be actioned within 24hrs. You will be contacted by a member of the triage administration team, arranging a call or face to face with a GP alternatively we will Care navigate you to a service that accommodates your needs best. For example, Minor injuries, Pharmacy services or should you need it A & E.

Accurx enables NHS based GP practices to offer online consultations to their patients. This allows patients to submit their symptoms or requests to their own GP electronically, and offers around the clock NHS self-help information, signposting to services, and a symptom checker. Appointments are offered based on our clinical capacity.

  • This will be reviewed by the clinical team and your request will be triaged.
  • It is not guaranteed that an appointment request at the surgery will be made when you submit a request.
  • But you will be notified once your request has been triaged.

Alternatively if you don’t have the facility to access the link, please contact surgery on 01323 441234 at 8:30am

Pre-book up to 8 weeks in advance

You can pre-book up to six weeks in advance with your choice of GP or a nurse subject to the availability of appointments, either by telephone 01323 441234 or calling into the surgery.

After you have booked an appointment our practice also will send you a text (SMS) reminder to the mobile number which we have on your record. 

Please let us know if you are unable to keep a booked appointment as another patient may be able to be seen.

  • You can cancel your appointment online using Patient Access or The NHS App if you are signed up to the service, also you can cancel via the appointment text reminder by following the link. 
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Life Threatening - Go to A&E

If you or someone you know has a life-threatening condition, such as loss of consciousness, a sudden confused state, chest pain, breathing difficulties etc, you should call 999

In an EMERGENCY call 999.
Emergencies are situations that cannot be managed at home and may be life threatening

Consulting Times

  • Dr R De-Heer: Thursday
  • Dr S Waktins: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
  • Dr A Gaspar: Tuesday
  • Dr E Chetty: Monday and Tuesday
  • Dr C Wiseman: Thursday and Friday
  • Dr B Soliman: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Extended Hours

  • Lesley Saunders (Practice Nurse): Thursday 7:30am to 8am
  • Dr De-Heer: Thursday 7:30am to 8am
  • Helen Bovill: Wednesday 7:30am to 8am
  • Dr Wiseman: Friday 7:30am to 8am
 

Extended Hours Hub Service: Evenings and Weekends 

You can now see a GP or other healthcare professional during. We work with South Down Health Care Ltd(GP Federation) to provide extended hour to our patient along with our clinician

  • Weekday Evenings: 6:30pm to 8pm
  • Saturdays: 9am to 1pm (prior arrangement)
  • Sundays: 10am to 12pm (prior arrangement)

To book an appointment contact reception. You may be able to get an appointment on the same day if required. You may be offered an appointment or telephone consultation at

  • your GP practice
  • another local General Practice Hub