The Rooksdown Practice

New!

Introducing Online Appointments!

 

The Rooksdown Practice is now offering our patients the choice of booking routine GP appointments online with effect from Wednesday 1st August 2012.

Please note that you will need to register for this service via the links from this website.

 

If you are unable to attend an appointment with one of the doctors please telephone or use the electronic booking system to cancel your appointment.

Routine Appointments Appointments are for 10 minutes which means we can only deal with 1 major problem or several minor problems.  If you feel you will need longer please ask the receptionist when you book for an extended appointment. 

Late Arrivals
If you arrive 10 minutes or more late for your appointment you may be asked to book another appointment. In order to keep to appointment times, it is important that you are punctual. Same Day Appointments
Your request for a same day appointment may be passed to a Nurse Practitioner or a Doctor. The Nurse Practitioner's role is to ensure that the patient gets the most appropriate care at the most appropriate time depending on the problem. They can prescribe medicines if necessary.
You will need to leave a telephone number where you are available to speak to the nurse practitioner about your concern. You may be offered advice on how to manage the problem at home, given an appointment with the Nurse Practitioner or another health care professional.
You may be offered an appointment that day or in the near future depending upon the medical urgency of the problem. Please plan ahead for routine consultation with GP's.
Please note that all the calls are recorded to protect the patient and surgery staff. Please be assured that your confidentiality will be maintained at all times.

Cancelling your Appointment
If you are unable to attend an appointment with one of the doctors or nurses, please telephone or use the link at the bottom of this page to cancel your appointment.
Test Results
Please contact the surgery to get the results of any test that you have had done between 12.00 and 5pm.
Routine blood, urine and swab results usually take around 3-5 working days to be processed and reported. X-rays and ultrasounds take 7 days and cervical smears 8-10 weeks.

Non attendance

During January 2013, 61 patients failed to attend their GP appointment and 30 patients failed to attend their nurse appointment.   All non attendances are recorded

Contact details
Can we contact you in an emergency?  Please notifiy us if you change your address, telephone or mobile number.  We may need to contact you pending results of tests.  Suggestions and Complaints
We aim to give a high quality service. Please approach any member of staff if you have a suggestion, complaint or comment. We value your input.