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MAY
2008 News
Extended Surgery Hours
We are pleased to announce that we
now offer additional GP appointments
as follows:
Mondays 7.00-8.00am
Fridays 6.30-8.00pm
These appointments are all bookable
in advance, so no book on the day or
walk-in appointments will be
available during these times. A
large number of our patients are
commuters or patients who find it
difficult to come to the surgery
during our normal opening hours, so
we aim to give priority to this
group. Please bear this in mind when
booking an appointment.
This is a voluntary arrangement by
the practice and our plan is
supported by the Primary Care Trust.
We will not be reducing the total
availability of GP consultation time
during core hours and will ensure
that our usual high standards of
care are maintained. However, at the
present time, we cannot offer any
support services, such as nurses,
dispensary or blood tests.
To see the range of appointments we
offer, visit the
Appointments
page.
DNA (Did Not Attend)
Please help us to help you! We do
our best to offer GP or nurse
appointments as soon as possible but
one problem we face is the number of
patients who do not turn up for
their consultation. In the last
quarter there were over 300 wasted
appointments! Please cancel your
appointment so that we can offer
this to another patient.
Doctor Changes
Dr Rita Codlin
Many of you will know that Dr Codlin
is currently on maternity leave. She
had a baby boy on 13 March, called
Monty, 8lb 12oz, and both mother and
baby are doing well. She would like
to thank everyone for their good
wishes. Many of you will have met Dr
Tim Cantor, who has been with us for
some time and he will be covering
for Dr Codlin until she returns in
September.
Dr Swathy Alexander and Dr Kate
Holden
Dr Alexander passed her final
examination with flying colours and
has now left her GP Registrar post
with us to take up a substantive GP
post. Dr Holden was with us for a
4-month period as part of her
paediatric training in hospital.
Dr Gordon Cheung
Dr Cheung joined us at the beginning
of February as GP Registrar. He will
spend a year with us, under Dr
Hagan’s mentorship, whilst doing his
GP training. Dr Cheung is a fully
qualified doctor who has spent the
previous 5 years gaining experience
in various hospital posts.
Dr Suhail Jan
Dr Jan will be joining us as GP
Registrar in August for one year.
This means that we will have a
6-month overlap with two registrars.
Staff Appointments
Jenny has recently joined us as a
dispenser. |