Same Day GP Assessment Appointment System

If you need to speak to a GP or think you may need to be seen by a GP

The majority of our appointments are bookable on the day. This is for both urgent and routine queries. We have a small number of appointments that are bookable in advance. We will be monitoring demand to see if it is possible to convert some more same day appointments to advance booking.

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For routine appointments you will have a choice of telephone or face to face appointments although we encourage people to attend for face to face visits to enable us to resolve things more quickly.

The receptionist will ask for a small amount of information about your health issue. This is so:

  • We can include an indication in the booking so that the doctor has an idea what your concern is
  • To see if there is someone else that can help you to save you an appointment with the doctor.  This might include being seen by a physiotherapist, a pharmacist or the mental health nurse

If your query is urgent then you will have an initial telephone triage call with the doctor and this may then be followed up with a face-to-face appointment if required.

 

If you think a home visit may be required as you are unable to travel to the surgery

  • Please ring as early as possible in the day to discuss with a GP.
 

Routine

As a patient of the practice you are able to see any of the doctors. Surgeries are held each weekday with the exception of Bank Holidays between 08:30 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 18:30 (times may be subject to slight variation).

If you wish to make an appointment to see either a doctor or nurse please telephone: 01235 517760

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Training Practice

As some of you may be aware, Woodlands is a training practice for GP Specialty Trainees, Foundation doctors and Medical students. We feel that passing on our knowledge and passion about being a GP to younger medics is vital to the long term sustainability of the NHS and specifically primary care.

GP Specialty Trainees are doctors who have decided to specialise in the wonderful world of General Practice. They are in rotation for either 6 months or 12 months at a time and have a nominated GP supervisor for all clinics. GP 'ST's' are in the final stages of their GP training and are senior trainees.

‘Foundation’ doctors are fully registered and competent young doctors working on rotation from Oxford University Hospitals Trust to gain experience. They are supported and tutored at Woodlands as they gain knowledge and experience in the work of a GP.

We also teach 4th and 5th year medical students from a variety of medical schools. Medical students are supervised by a GP at all times. You may be offered an initial 20 minute assessment with a medical student before seeing a named GP, so your appointment time will be much longer.

By training both junior doctors and medical students at Woodlands Medical Centre we hope to encourage more young doctors to see General Practice as a career choice.

As part of training our trainees will occasionally video consultations. We find videoing consultations a very useful tool to develop our communication skills. If videoing is occurring during the clinic in which you have an appointment, you will be offered a consent form at reception to read and sign. This is entirely voluntary and declining consent to have your consultation videoed will not affect the care that you receive. The video data is kept securely on a device in the practice and is not uploaded. It is viewed by only the learner and their GP supervisor for education purposes only

 

Telephone Advice

If you would like medical advice from your doctor over the phone please contact the surgery to make a telephone appointment. For advice on an urgent medical problem, or if requesting a home visit, you will be offered an appointment with an on duty doctor.

To contact Practice Nurses please ring the surgery on: 01235 517760 to book a call.

If you wish to speak with a health visitor please ring: 01235 816325. 

 

Cancellations

If you cannot attend an appointment for any reason please inform us as soon as possible. You can cancel your appointment via the following options:

 

Cancel appointments you don't need