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The Filey Surgery
-who cares. Station Avenue- Filey - North Yorkshire - YO14 9AE Phone: 01723 515881 (general, emergencies) / 515666 (appoints) Fax : 01723 515197 E Mail: admin@fileysurgery.com |
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Contacting Us
Our Services To Help You
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Emergencies & "Out of Hours" Consultations In
An Emergency In
an Emergency, eg severe chest pain, severe shortness of breath, sudden collapse,
serious bleeding or injury etc. either
take
the patient immediately to Accident and Emergency
Department at Scarborough
Hospital or Dial
999 for the Ambulance Please understand that the Filey Surgery, like all Doctors' Surgeries, is designed, equipped and staffed as a Doctor's Surgery, not an Accident & Emergency Department.
Out
of Hours Emergencies Accident & Emergency, NHS Direct and North Yorkshire Emergency Doctors (NYED) OUT
OF HOURS CONSULTATIONS The Surgery is open (apart
from lunch break, 12.00 midday - 2pm)
Outside these times, and on
Public Holidays, General Practice Out of Hours cover is offered via
North Yorkshire Emergency
Doctors (NYED). Unless there are compelling reasons such as a
truly bed -bound patient, you will be expected to attend the Co-Op based at
Scarborough Hospital to see the Doctor.
Obtaining Health Advice Out of Hours. A good source is NHS Direct Online, click here.or ring 0845 4647
To contact the Doctor or
District Nurse "Out of Hours", phone 515881. Your Call will be routed
through NHS Direct, a Nurse & Computer run Triage (a way of sorting calls)
Service to help decide how your call might best be handled. If the Nurse at NHS DIrect
decides that a Doctor is the best person to help you, a doctor based at the
Co-Operative will ring you back to clarify matters. The doctor will decide how and
where you might best be helped- either by~
Please understand that should
the doctor decide your problem is best helped by attendance at the Co-Operative,
any transport or Child Care will be YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to arrange.
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