Patient Notices
Practice Telephone System
The practices new telephone
number is
01279 638520
effective 19 April 2010
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Patients can collect prescriptions from reception daily from 8.00 am onwards; bookings for appointments will be taken from 8.30 am to 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm to 6.30 pm. There are a limited number of early morning nurse and doctor appointments available from 7.30 am; we also offer telephone consultations with our nurses and doctors to discuss test results; medication advice or general advice about ongoing treatment.
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Patients are advised to make a double appointment if they have more than 1 medical issue to discuss with their GP; a standard 10 minute appointment is aimed at dealing with 1 medical issue only.
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Please be advised that the Practice will be closed from 12.30 pm on the following days for staff training purposes:
Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Our Out of Hours Service will be in operation from 12.30 pm for emergency calls.
We will re-open the following day at 8.30 am.
Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused.
INFLUENZA
NOTIFICATION
If you have flu like symptomS
(cough, sore throat, runny nose, limb/joint pain and headache)
please DO NOT COME to the surgery.
Please contact the NATINOAL FLU INFORMATION LINE on 0800 1513513 for advice
OR
NHS DIRECT on 0845 4647
The NHS Choices website (www.nhs.uk) has information and FAQs about Swine Flu.
There is also an online flu symptom checker on both www.nhs.uk and the NHS Direct website www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
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Change of Telephone Number for Our Of Hours Services from
1 February 2010
When the practice is closed our Out of Hours cover is provided by a co-operative organisation called PELC (Partnership of East London Co-operatives).
To contact this service when the practice is closed please telephone
0845 070 1611
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