The Hungerford Surgery Extended Opening Hours
Our patients
are telling us, via the NHS surveys, that they would like to see the surgery
extend its opening hours to offer additional routine appointments
for those patients who commute to work and can’t always get here during
normal opening hours. However, despite offering additional early appointments
on Tuesday mornings, additional late appointments on one Monday evening each
month and a Saturday morning surgery once a month we are seeing very little
take up of these appointments. So next time you call us for a routine appointment,
and you would rather see a doctor at a time to better suit your working arrangements,
please ask the receptionist to enquire as to the availability of an appointment
during extended hours and we will endeavour to arrange.
Full details of the dates and times of these appointments can be found on
our website – www.hungerfordsurgery.co.uk – by contacting the
surgery reception in person, or by calling us on 01488 682507.
A reminder also that during extended opening hours, and outside of normal opening hours,
all medical emergencies are attended to by the WestCall out of hours emergency
service. The telephone number for WestCall is: 0118 978 7811
Spring Newsletter
Our spring patient newsletter has just been issued and a copy can be picked
up from the surgery reception or downloaded from our website. Included in
this edition are features on the Summary Care Record, your NHS number, the
new ‘fit for work’ note, information for Carers, a brief history
of the surgery and some top tips for coping with hayfever.
Mike Hall Practice
Manager