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Cancelling your Appointment

If you are unable to attend an appointment with one of the doctors or nurses, please telephone to cancel your appointment.

Out of Hours

Monday through Thursday between 6.30 pm and 8.00 am the following day and between 6.30 pm on Friday and 8.00 am the following Monday, ring NHS 111

Home Visits

Home visits are for the totally housebound or very seriously ill. Please telephone before 10.30am and be prepared to give the receptionist some indication of the nature and urgency of the problem. The doctor will usually wish to speak to you before arranging to visit.

Please remember that several patients can be seen in the practice in the time that it takes to make one home visit. There are also better facilities for examining and treating patients at the Health Centre

APPOINTMENTS

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We operate both an open access and pre-bookable appointment arrangement for our patients to see doctors. The open arrangement is restricted to the first four appointments in the morning per GP.

To ensure our GPs are practising safely, it will be necessary to restrict the number of patients a single GP can see in any one session. If a session is full, you may be asked to come back another time. Where possible and when this occurs, you will be offered a booked appointment or asked to visit our other site. If you need to be seen urgently by a GP, then this will be accommodated.

We have two practice nurses covering various surgery times and days at both Wollaston and Bozeat. We have listed some appointment information for your convenience. Please contact the surgery to book an appointment. The receptionist can also help to book appointments with the midwife and give information about health visitors.

All Nurses:

Smear - Please book mid cycle (10-16 days after the first day of your menstural cycle)

High Vaginal Swab - Only availble in mornings

Chronic Disease - these also include 6 monthly blood pressure checks. Please book 2 months prior to needing your appointment

Blood Pressure - when you have been asked to book 4 weekly or less

Ear Syringe - Please see your doctor first

Stitches Out

Dressings - 4 layer dressings need a double appointment.

HRT/Pill Check

Injections Zoladex, Vitamin B12 etc - Please make receptionist aware so we can make sure it is in stock for you.

Travel Vaccinations - If you require yellow fever, please book with one of our nurses. This is chargeable. (See Travel Vaccination Page)

Lisa Yates

Lisa is our Asthma nurse and will see you for Asthma, COPD, Chronic Heart Disease.

Sarah Sinton

Sarah is our Diabetic nurse and will see you for all your diabetic requirements.

Consulting Times

WOLLASTON

Surgery times - Monday to Friday 8.30am to 11.30am

AM Walk-in & pre-bookable clinic's. The walk-in is limted to four slots

Pre-Bookable Clinics - Monday to Friday 2.30pm to 5.00pm (practice closing at (6.30pm)

BOZEAT

Surgery times - Monday to Friday 9.00am to 11.30am

AM Walk-in & pre-bookable clinic's. The walk-in is limted to four slots

Pre-Bookable Clinics - Monday, Tuesday and Friday-2.30pm to 5.00pm (practice closing at (6.00pm)

ENQUIRIES & ADVICE ON PHONE

contact us For any urgent problems, ring your surgery any time (Refer to out of hours phone numbers if you are ringing during the out of hours timings).

For any routine enquiry ring your surgery between 11 am & 12 noon or 4 & 6 pm and talk to the receptionists.

If you wish to speak to the doctor please ring between 11.30 am & 12 noon. If the doctor is busy with a patient, receptionist will take the message and give you a time for you to ring back when the doctor would be free to talk to you, if necessary.

Home Visits

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Whilst we encourage our patients to come to the surgery, where we have the proper equipment and facilities available, we do appreciate this is not always possible. In this respect, if you do need a home visit, you can help us by calling reception before 10:30.

You may only request a home visit if you are housebound or are too ill to visit the practice. Your GP will only visit you at home if they think that your medical condition requires it and will also decide how urgently a visit is needed. Please bear this in mind and be prepared to provide suitable details to enable the doctor to schedule house calls

You can also be visited at home by a community nurse if you are referred by your GP. You should also be visited at home by a health visitor if you have recently had a baby or if you are newly registered with a GP and have a child under five years.