Appointments


An appointment system operates booking patients at ten minute intervals. Appointments may be made at the surgery or by telephone. We would appreciate it if you could observe the following points:

a) If you are unable to keep an appointment, please inform the surgery.
b) Please let the receptionist know the nature and urgency of the problem and they will do their best to accommodate you.
c) We never refuse to see urgent cases. These will normally be fitted in at the end of the surgery.
d) We try to keep to appointment times. However, some problems take longer and sometimes an emergency removes the doctor from surgery. Please be patient.

Monday 8.40  11.00 Dr. J.A.R. Bolton
8.40  11.10 Dr. T. Shaw
9.00  11.30 Dr. J.A. Evers
9.00  12.30 Practice Nurse
8.30  12.45 Practice Nurse
8.30  1.00 Health Care Assistant
  2.50  5.10 Dr. M.B. Gripper
  2.30  5.15

Mrs. J. Simmons
(Nurse Practitioner)

  2.00  5.30 Practice Nurse
  1.30  5.00 Health Care Assistant
Dr. McDermott not in surgery
Tuesday 8.40  11.00 Dr. J.A.R. Bolton
9.00  12.00  Practice Nurse
  8.30  1.00 Health Care Assistant
  9.00  1.30 Counsellor
  12.45  5.00 Midwife
  8.30  12.00 Stop Smoking Clinic
   2.50  5.10 Dr. M.B. Gripper
   2.00  5.15 Practice Nurse
Dr. McDermott and Dr. Shaw not in surgery, ,
Dr Evers not in surgery
Wednesday 8.45  11.00 Dr. M.B. Gripper
9.00  11.20 Dr. J.A. Evers
8.30  12.00 Stop Smoking Clinic
  8.30  12.30 Practice Nurse
  9.00  12.30 Practice Nurse
  8.30  12.30 Practice Nurse
  2.40  5.00 Dr. M. McDermott
  11.15  5.00 Practice Nurse
Dr. Bolton not in surgery
Dr. Shaw not in surgery
Thursday 8.40  11.00 Dr. J.A.R. Bolton
8.40  11.00 Dr. T. Shaw
9.00  12.30 Practice Nurse
8.30  1.00 Health Care Assistant
  9.30  4.30 Physiotherapist
  3.00  5.20 Dr. J.A. Evers
  2.30  4.50 Dr. J.A.R. Bolton
  2.00  4.15 Practice Nurse
Dr. Gripper not in surgery
Dr. McDermott  not in surgery
Friday 8.45  11.00 Dr. M.B. Gripper
8.50  11.00 Dr. T. Shaw
8.30  2.45 Practice Nurse
1.30  5.30 Health Care Assistant
  2.00  4.20 Dr. Bolton
  2.00  4.20 Dr. M. McDermott

Dr Shaw not in surgery

Dr Evers not in surgery
 
Dr. Gripper does insurance and driving medicals on a Friday afternoon.
Dr. Bolton does minor operations on Friday afternoons and
Dr. M. McDermott does minor operations on Thursday afternoons at Devoran
Whichever doctor is the duty doctor does a later surgery on Fridays.

The practice values telephone consultations/triage.

When you make a request to speak to a doctor the receptionist/telephonist will ascertain the urgency of the request. Your details will be taken including name, date of birth, telephone number and a brief explanation of the problem.

If the request is urgent the call will be transferred to the duty doctor. If the request is non-urgent the details are written into the doctors/nurses message book for their attention after surgery.

All telephone consultations/information are recorded in the patient's record.