Your Rights
and Responsibilities
We aim to provide you
with the highest quality of health
care services through the Doctors
and Nurses at the Practice.
We Aim To:
- Treat you
confidentially, with courtesy
and respect.
- Have respect
for your privacy, dignity and
religious and cultural
beliefs.
- Keep you
informed of the services we
offer and any appropriate
information that effects your
health and treatment.
- Run surgeries
and clinics on time. Delays can
happen, for example
because of emergencies. We are
sorry if you are kept waiting.
- Offer you an
urgent/emergency appointment
with a doctor on the day
you request it if you feel your
condition warrants it.
- Offer you a
routine appointment with a
doctor of your choice,
normally within 5 working days,
provided the doctor is not
absent.
- Provide a
home visit if your illness means
that it will be
impossible for you to attend the
surgery.
- Have your
repeat prescriptions ready for
collection during the
afternoon two working days after
the request is handed in, or
three days if you are collecting
from a pharmacy. There may be a
delay if you have not attended
for a review when requested by
the doctor or nurse.
How You Can Help Us:
Please:
- Keep the
appointment you have made, or
cancel it well in advance to
allow other people to be seen
sooner.
- Only ask for
an urgent appointment for
problems that cannot wait.
This way doctors can deal with
urgent problems as soon as
possible.
- Think ahead
if you are taking regular
medication and remember to
request a repeat prescription in
good time. If you need to see
the doctor - do book in advance
and avoid taking up an urgent
appointment.
- When the
surgery is closed, only call the
doctor in the case of a
medical emergency.
- Note that
individual appointments are for
one patient and one
medical problem only. If you
feel you may need a longer
appointment, please tell
reception staff.
- Always listen
to and follow the advice you are
given by our doctors
or nurses. If you are unsure
about anything, please ask the
doctor or nurse.
- Treat our
staff with the same courtesy and
respect you would expect
for yourself.
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