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Do you live in south Buckinghamshire?
We need your views on the
GP out-of-hours service
The out-of-hours service for patients in south Buckinghamshire is
changing and we need your views.
An out-of-hours service offers access to a general practitioner from 6.30pm to
8am Monday to Friday, throughout the weekend and on bank holidays.
These appointments are for people who need to see a doctor urgently. They
are not for routine appointments. These could be via a telephone call or
a face-to-face appointment, usually at the out-of-hours base or, in certain
circumstances, at your own home. The service is accessed by calling NHS 111.
Dr Rebecca Mallard-Smith, Clinical Director of Community Urgent Care, said: “We
want to provide a local service for our local communities and are working with
patients and practices in the area to make sure that the out-of-hours service we
provide can meet their needs.
The GP practices in south Buckinghamshire affected by these changes are:
● Burnham Health Centre, Burnham
● Southmead Surgery, Farnham Common
● Denham Medical Centre, Denham
● The Allan Practice, Chalfont St Peter
● The Hall Practice, Chalfont St Peter
● The Misbourne Practice, Chalfont St Peter
● The Ivers Practice, Iver
● Threeways Surgery, Stoke Poges
We would like to know views on the current out-of-hours service and also
where people in south Buckinghamshire would prefer the out-of-hours GP
appointments to be held.
People who need an urgent appointment with a GP, after phoning 111, can
currently go to Royal Berkshire Bracknell Clinic in Bracknell or the Herschel
Medical Centre in Slough.
We are proposing that from 1st March 2019 patients who phone 111 and need to
see a doctor out-of-hours will be able to book an appointment at a local base in
south Buckinghamshire, as well as Amersham, from:
● 6.30pm until 10pm Monday to Friday
● 9am until 10pm Saturday
● 9am until 7pm Sunday
On the very rare occasion when patients urgently need to see
a GP overnight (from 10pm until 8am on weekdays; from 10pm
until 9am on Saturdays; and from 7pm on Sundays until 8am on
Mondays), they can book an appointment by phoning NHS 111
and will need to travel to Amersham or Wycombe.
To help us shape the future of your local out-of-hours service a
short survey is available here:
www.letstalkhealthbucks.nhs.uk
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