The
Scarborough Doctors' Co-Operative
The
Filey Surgery joins together with 50 or so local GPs to offer a high standard
emergency out of hours service.
Where
is the Co-Op?
Who
is there?
First,
you may well meet the Receptionists.
These helpful ladies have a
difficult job to do, and may well ask you a few administrative questions, and a
few further questions to help them clarify how urgently you require assistance.
We
have a team of skilled drivers who take us on Home Visits, should we
decide these are necessary.
We
work closely with our colleagues in the District Nursing team, Midwives, the
Ambulances, Community Mental Health Teams, Social Workers, the Police and the
Hospitals to help you deal with Emergencies that cannot be left till when
the Surgery next opens.
Where
it is
The
Co-Operative is based in the daytime Fracture Clinic in Scarborough Hospital.
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From
Filey, drive North into Scarborough.
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Straight
on till 3rd set of traffic-lights (not counting Pelican Crossing lights).
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At
Town Centre, turn left (between Railway Station and Stephen Joseph Theatre).
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Straight
on through two sets of lights.
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At
Crown Tavern mini round about, turn right (sign posted Whitby)
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Straight
on at mini roundabout; turn left at traffic lights into woodlands Drive
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Hospital
main entrance 500 metres on right.
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Follow
signs to Accident & Emergency. Go past main A&E entrance on left to
door around corner, and follow corridor to Doctors' Co-Operative/ Fracture
Clinic
When
is a Doctors' Out of Hours Visit necessary?
Click
here to see the North Staffordshire
Home Visit rules we generally work to decide whether a Home Visit is necessary.
The
Government has decided that the NHS cannot provide transport to GPs' Out
of Hours Co-Operatives, nor can the NHS be responsible for child-care of
other children should you be offered an Out of Hours Consultation at the Co-Op.
TRANSPORT
TO and FROM the CO-OPERATIVE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ARRANGE.
LACK
OF TRANSPORT and CHILD-CARE PROBLEMS CAN NEVER BE A REASON TO SEEK A DOCTOR'S
HOME VISIT
