Book an Appointment

How To Book An Appointment

Our GP appointment system is specifically designed to enable access to all individuals including the elderly, the unemployed, the employed and those in full time education. We are continually reviewing our appointment system according to demand and the present system seems to be working extremely well.

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Urgent Appointments for today or tomorrow

If you feel that your problem is urgent, you should tell the receptionist and every effort will be made for you to be seen the same day.

If the doctor needs to see you in person or you would prefer a face-to-face appointment, we will invite you to come in.

How to book

Telephone: 01623 649991 or 01623 623600

 

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Routine Appointments

The remaining GPs and GP Registrars morning and afternoon rotas contain pre bookable appointments up to 6 weeks in advance and appointments bookable two days in advance.

The first 50% of all pre-bookable appointments can also be booked online using the NHS APP.  All GPs will alternate throughout the week as to which rota they are set ensuring prebookable appointments will give patients a better chance to see their GP of choice.

In addition to GP appointments we have Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners available to see all minor injuries such as cuts, bruises, burns and scalds along with urinary tract symptoms and medication reviews.

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Nurse Appointments

Forest Medical has an abundance of nursing staff consisting of Nurse Practitioners; Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants.

  • Our Healthcare Assistants provide Blood Pressure Checks; Hypertension Reviews; Spirometry; Ear Syringing; Blood Sampling; ECGs; Dressings; Suture Removals; Flu and Pnuemonia Vaccinations; Over 75 Checks; NHS Health Checks and Health Promotion.
  • Our Practice Nurses will see patients for chronic disease management such as Diabetes; Asthma; COPD; CHD; and Cervical Smears.
  • Our Nurse Practitioners can prescribe your medication, treat all minor ailments and injuries and also perform your medication reviews.

There are a great many services that our Nursing staff provide and each one has a specific time allocated to it. The receptionist will therefore enquire as to why you would like to book an appointment with a Nurse as this is to ensure the correct nurse is booked and the correct amount of time is allocated.

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Life Threatening - Go to A&E

If you or someone you know has a life-threatening condition, such as loss of consciousness, a sudden confused state, chest pain, breathing difficulties etc, you should call 999

In an EMERGENCY call 999.
Emergencies are situations that cannot be managed at home and may be life threatening

Teachers and Training

We are a teaching practice therefore on occasion you may be asked to allow a student doctor to observe your consultation. This is entirely voluntary. If you have any objections, the student will leave to allow you a private consultation. Please inform the receptionist if you do not wish to have a student doctor present in your consultation.

At times the student doctor may need to record your consultation. This is for the assessor to do a critical analysis on consultation technique.

How to Cancel an Appointment

If you are unable to keep your appointment, please give us as much notice as possible so that your appointment can be offered to someone else.

If you are cancelling please telephone us on 01623 623600 as soon as possible, and at least 30 minutes before your appointment time. This will enable us to offer your appointment to someone else.

Alternatively you can cancel your appointment online using The NHS App if you have downloaded the app.

Please remember that there may be a shortage of appointments and when you fail to attend you have prevented someone else from being seen in your place. On average about 230 appointments are missed each month

Cancellations notified less than 30 minutes before the appointment time will be recorded as failure to attend (DNA).

Repeated failure to attend booked appointments is a significant waste of NHS resources