Summer 2008

New Opening Hours

With immediate effect the Health Centre will now be open at 7.30am every day.  This means that the telephone lines will be open at 7.30am as well as the building.  Web bookable appointments for the same day will also be available from 7.30am .  Both Dr Foulds and Dr Tailor will regularly begin their surgeries at 7.30am with the other doctors varying their starts between 8am and 8.30am.
In addition, on a Wednesday evening there will be a late surgery from 6pm until 8pm.
This surgery will be pre-bookable in advance.  It is NOT a walk in surgery.

New Prescription Ordering Service

We are trialling a new way of ordering prescriptions over the Web.  This will run side by side with the existing system for the time being.  The new system involves logging onto the EMIS Access Online website at https://access.e-mis.co.uk/default.asp, where you can then book appointments, request medication or update your contact details.  The advantage of this system over our current system is that it is secure, it gives you a list of your repeat medication and you just tick those that you want.  Here in the Health Centre the request will link directly into your medical record, meaning there should be fewer mistakes at our end.  If you already have a password for Web booking you can begin using the service straight away.  If you don't have a password yet, you will need to ask at reception.  They will print off an individual sheet which will give you instructions of how to set yourself up for repeat prescriptions and Web booking.