Notice Board

STANSTED SURGERY
NOTICE BOARD

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NEW APPOINTMENT SYSTEM
We have made some changes to our appoitment booking system for Doctors - this will make more appointments available to book ahead. We feel this will respond to patient needs better than the existing system. There will however be fewer appointments available to book on the day.

EARLY MORNING APPOINTMENTS We are trialing some early appoitments on 14 March to respond to requests from patients who work in London. If you need to see a doctor and would like to be seen early please let our receptionist know.
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CARERS
If you care on a regular basis for a child, relative, partner or neighbour who is unable to manage on their own due to illness, disability, frailty, mentall distress or impairment.
Please inform the surgery about your caring responsibilities.
TELEHONE ACCESS FOR PATIENTS
If there are urgent medical issues that you need to discuss by telephone with a nurse, a GP, or the health care assistant, please contact the surgery between 10AM and 11.30AM Monday-Friday 01279-813200.
You will be asked for your name, a contact telephone number and the nature of your enquiry. One of our health care team will then call you back, where feasible, on the same working day.
We would ask that patients limit these calls to essential issues only.Our experienced receptionists are able to deal with the majority of enquiries and will allways refer to a health care professional when necessary.
OUT OF HOURS
The out of hours emergency number (TEDS) is 01371 877410
MORE INFORMATION
Patients can find out more information about the surgery and access some of the forms necessary to register at the nhs site
BABY IMMUNISATIONS
All parents are reminded that when your baby or child needs to have it's immunisation,the parents will need to be present or give written permission for their child to receive an immunisation.
When a booking is made and the parents are not bringing the child in themselves, written and signed confirmation must be brought in to the surgery, stating that they are happy for this procedure to occur. Otherwise the Surgery is unable to proceed.