1st June 2008. You may have heard that the Government have asked GP practices to extend their opening hours. The Health Centre is already open from 8.10am until 7pm Monday to Friday and from 1st June we will be extending our hours further. On a Tuesday and Wednesday morning we will open from 7.30am and on a Wednesday evening we will stay open until 8pm. There are appointments with the GPs and Practice Nurses available, reception will also be open to collect prescriptions, make appointments etc. The appointments available are targeted for patients who find it difficult to attend during our normal hours, please only book these appointments if you need to.
12th May 2008. Work has started to extend and refurbish Mint House which will be our temporary home while Shotfield Health Centre is rebuilt. Mint House is the building next to the Health Centre along Stanley Park Road. We expect to move across to our temporary home in Mint House in early 2009 and to be there for around a year before moving back to the newly rebuilt Shotfield Health Centre.
30th April 2008. Shotfield Health Centre planning update. GOOD NEWS! The application for planning permission for the new Shotfield Health Centre was approved unanimously by Sutton Council's planning committee. This is a major step forward and we can now commence work on the detailed design for building works to start in 2009. We would like to thank the patients, local Councillors and everyone else who supported us over the past months.
7th April 2008. Travel options to Shotfield Health Centre. If you would like details on how to travel to Shotfield Health Centre by public transport this can be done throught the Transport for London web site. www.tfl.gov.uk
April 2008. Shotfield Health Centre planning application. Following the rejection of our application for planning permission for the new Shotfield Health Centre last year we have been working hard to revise the plans. A new application has now been submitted to the London Borough of Sutton. You can see a display of the revised plans in reception at Shotfield Health Centre or you can view details of the planning application on the London Borough of Sutton's web site http://82.43.4.135/FASTWEB/welcome.asp . The planning application number is 59176. Your comments and feedback are welcome
1st August 2007. New online appointment booking and repeat prescription request service. If you have access to the internet you can sign up for our new online service. Once registered you can book routine appointments with the Doctor online and cancel any appointments you have booked but no longer need. If you have a repeat prescription you will also be able to request this online without having to drop in the request slip. You can then collect the prescription from the Surgery or from the Chemist if your prescription is collected by them.
Online bookings and requests are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To register please call in at reception and we will provide you with registration details. Due to patient confidentiality we are only able to give registration details to the patient in person or the parents of children aged 12 and under. To register other family members please collect an application form from reception for them to complete. We can then issue their registration details.
25th July 2007. National Patient Survey results are released. The results were published for all practices on the Department of Health Web Site (www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/PublishedSurvey/GPpatientsurvey2007/index.htm). Results for this practice showed:
90% of those surveyed were happy with telephone access to the practice, the local average was 81%
90% of those surveyed said they could see a doctor within 48 hours compared to a local average of 85%
92% of those surveyed said they could book an appointment in advance compared to a local average of 69%
91% of those surveyed were able to see a specific doctor compared to a local average of 83% |
