Waits
for Appointments- How We Work
Unlike
may other Doctors' Surgeries, we have said we will offer an appointment
for ALL URGENT PROBLEMS THE SAME WORKING DAY.
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The
appointment will not necessarily be with your usual doctor.
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The
appointment will ONLY be to consider your ONE URGENT PROBLEM, as you
will be fitted into a short assessment appointment.
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It
may be that your problem might be better dealt with by the Pharmacist
(the flu, for instance), one of our Nurses (a cut, or perhaps cystitis
or the like), our Health Visitor (a possetting Baby, perhaps),
or by NHS Direct for self- medication advice- Ring 0845 4747 or
click here)
To
offer this service, our trained Reception Team have to ask you a few confidential
quest ions , to determine how best we can help you.
What
is an Urgent Problem?
Some
examples of Urgent Problems might be:-
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Pain,
that has come on in the last few days, not controlled by usual pain
killers such as paracetamol,
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distressing
symptoms that have just arisen in the last few days, such as
cystitis or shortness of breath
What
is NOT an Urgent Problem?
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Problems
that have been present for over a week or so, unless they
have just got a lot worse
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Sick
notes (they can always be back-dated)
