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Appointments
Changes to Booking System
- A limited number of GP Telephone Appointments are now available online via online portals / Smartphone Apps (Patient Access, MyGP, NHS App).
- Following NHS Guidelines, this change has been implemented to reduce the risk of viral transmission.
- All appointments, admin and medical queries can be booked via our simple online form ONLINE FORM
- Additional instructions when attending your appointment in the Isolation Room.
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MORE COVID-19 INFO NEW APPOINTMENT BOOKING SYSYTEM INSTRUCTIONS WHEN ATTENDING PUTNEYMEAD FOR AN APPOINTMENT IN THE ISOLATION ROOM
Appointment Booking
Putneymead is a large practice that are open from 08:00-20:00 Monday-Thursday, 08:00-18:30 Friday and 08:00-11:30 Saturday. We have broad range of staff including Doctors, Physician Associates, Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Counsellors.
We offer a range of appointments at Putneymead. Booking an appointment or for any other query is a simple online form which takes a few moments to fill out. We will get back to you within 1 working day. Most of the time this means you’ll get a response the same day. If it’s urgent we will get back to you as quickly as we can.
Automated appointment reminders are sent 24 hours before. You can cancel your appointment by simply replying back to the appointment reminder using the word CANCEL, which immediately frees it up for others to book.
*Please ensure we have an up-to-date contact information (home no, mobile no, email address etc.) at the time of booking to avoid any cases of miscommunication.
Who to see?
General Practitioner (GP) and Physician Associate (PA) appointments:
Booking an appointment or for any other query is a simple online form which takes a few moments to fill out. We will get back to you within 1 working day. Most of the time this means you’ll get a response the same day. If it’s urgent we will get back to you as quickly as we can.
If you don’t have access to the internet, or would be unable to use the form for another reason, you can still contact the practice on 020 8788 0686 and we will fill out the form on your behalf. You can also call for anything that is too urgent to wait up to 1 working day.
Practice Nurse and Healthcare Assistant (HCA) appointments:
Nurse and HCA appointments can be booked online via our NEW APPT BOOKING SYSYTEM or via telephone and are usually 15 minutes in duration. Our large team of nurses all have different skills, if you are booking an appointment online, please check the below table to ensure the nurse you book with can see you for your particular issue.
Some appointments may require more than 15 minutes. If you need more than a single 15 minute appointment with the nurse, please phone the practice to book.
Counsellors:
Putneymead have an in-house counselling team which can be accessed without the need of a GP referral. We provide “Direct Access” face to face and telephone appointments. These are available to book online or by calling the practice directly. During these initial consultations, the counsellor will be able to assess whether you would benefit from continued counselling at Putneymead or a referral to another service.
Student Medical Centre
Booking an appointment or for any other query is a simple online form which takes a few moments to fill out. We will get back to you within 1 working day. Most of the time this means you’ll get a response the same day. If it’s urgent we will get back to you as quickly as we can.
Monday 09:00 – 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 – 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 – 17:00
Thursday 09:00 – 17:00
Friday 09:00 – 17:00
We are closed every weekend and bank holiday.
Text Messaging - Reminders, Invitations, Results
By providing your mobile phone number and email address you can now have reminders, invites and practice news and results sent to you directly by SMS or email.
This means that we will be able to communicate with you via text, land line phone and email, using automated technology that will enable us to contact you much more quickly and effectively. This will free up our staff to deal with those tasks only a human can do! It is important that you keep us up-to-date with your current mobile phone number and email address.
Types of communication include:
- Automated appointment reminders are sent 24 hours before. You can cancel your appointment by simply replying back to the appointment reminder using the word CANCEL, which immediately frees it up for others to book.
- Targeted health promotion campaigns, such as flu clinics
- Targeted questionnaires to individual patients to help them manage chronic long term medical conditions better
- Reminders to attend specific clinics, e.g. diabetic, CPD, etc.
- Urgent communications: for example, if a GP calls in sick first thing in the morning, all patients in that surgery will be advised by text within minutes.
Of course, you can opt out by sending us a message or advising reception, but you would not be benefiting from the quick and non-intrusive communications from us that the system provides.
If you do not want to receive information by text message on your phone or via email, please inform your doctor or a receptionist when you’re next in.
ONLINE CONTACT SYSTEM
- New Phone System
- PUTNEYMEAD TOTAL TRIAGE
- Appointment booking system
- Make Requests using the NHS App
- Who to see?
- What days of the week do clinicians have regular clinics?
- What information do patients submit?
- Performance and Efficiency
- How to send your GP a photo
- Have a Video Consultation with your GP
- My GP has Sent me a document via text
- My GP has asked me to respond to a text/send them a photo
- Patient Access
- NHS App (Full Record Access)
- Home Visits
- Keep it or Cancel it
- Practice Information
- Repeat Prescription
- FAQs.
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