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Supersurgery opening soon

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Davein

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There is a super surgery opening soon in our nearest town and I was wondering if anyone here attends one.
It promises to be a 'game changer' and a 'state of the art' surgery and maybe I can get a better service with hopefully more facilities under one roof. With a least 15 partners (doctors) hopefully offering more choice and experience.
I am happy with the small surgery I now attend but having two progressive illnesses any improvement in GP services must surely be a good thing.
If anyone has any advice to offer it will be much appreciated.
 
I suppose you could class my surgery as a "super" surgery. They do loads of different clinics on site, have a training and education centre (lots of trainee gp's), blood tests on site, open early and do a couple of evenings, open at weekends. So its pretty good. There are 3 GP's, out of about 15, that specialise in diabetes, but the diabetes care is still hit and miss (for me it has been anyway).
 
Stitch147 said:
I suppose you could class my surgery as a "super" surgery. They do loads of different clinics on site, have a training and education centre (lots of trainee gp's), blood tests on site, open early and do a couple of evenings, open at weekends. So its pretty good. There are 3 GP's, out of about 15, that specialise in diabetes, but the diabetes care is still hit and miss (for me it has been anyway).
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Thanks Stitch
I have just found out that the doctor that I normally see at my surgery is leaving in March (pregnancy) and she has 'saved my life' on more than one occasion and I get on really well with her and it will be many months before/if she returns. Another doctor is leaving (permanently) leaving one other doctor and locums. So I would have to get used to a new doctor anyway. So maybe now is the best time to transfer..
 
I attend a so called super surgery, our surgery was quite big anyways and has merged with another two. We were promised all the surgeries would stay open, meaning we would have 5 to choose from, sounded great, 18 months on, one now only opens 2/3 days a week, lots of nurses and health care assistants have left and they aren’t or can’t replace them. I got my letter for my six monthly review in September, I called straight way and eventually got an appointment for November, they then sent me a letter to say that that clinic was no longer running. Got seen in January! My yearly full review is due in April ( it’s always your birthday month) so don’t know what will happen. I know it may be different where you are but I think small is better. I am sorely tempted to change surgeries, I never see the same doctor or nurse so they don’t know you and your history. It’s a shame as I have been in the same one since birth.
 
eggyg said:
I attend a so called super surgery, our surgery was quite big anyways and has merged with another two. We were promised all the surgeries would stay open, meaning we would have 5 to choose from, sounded great, 18 months on, one now only opens 2/3 days a week, lots of nurses and health care assistants have left and they aren’t or can’t replace them. I got my letter for my six monthly review in September, I called straight way and eventually got an appointment for November, they then sent me a letter to say that that clinic was no longer running. Got seen in January! My yearly full review is due in April ( it’s always your birthday month) so don’t know what will happen. I know it may be different where you are but I think small is better. I am sorely tempted to change surgeries, I never see the same doctor or nurse so they don’t know you and your history. It’s a shame as I have been in the same one since birth.
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To a greater degree I expect the reality to be far different from the promises the doctors behind this new surgery are making. At least where I am the doctor calls me by my Christian name and the reception staff all know me by sight and call me Mr S...h. The diabetes nurse regularly phones me up to check on my progress and gives latest results (also checks my feet even though I attend podiatry). my local surgery is also quite close by and I can get appointments very quickly. I have never seen the waiting room with more than a handful of patients waiting.
Judging by your experience, I think I'm better off staying put. Thanks eggyg
PS: congrats on your new classification
 
Davein said:
To a greater degree I expect the reality to be far different from the promises the doctors behind this new surgery are making. At least where I am the doctor calls me by my Christian name and the reception staff all know me by sight and call me Mr S...h. The diabetes nurse regularly phones me up to check on my progress and gives latest results (also checks my feet even though I attend podiatry). my local surgery is also quite close by and I can get appointments very quickly. I have never seen the waiting room with more than a handful of patients waiting.
Judging by your experience, I think I'm better off staying put. Thanks eggyg
PS: congrats on your new classification
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Wise decision I think. Getting an appointment at our surgery ( when you eventually get through to the switchboards) is nigh on impossible, you have to start ringing at 8 in the morning if you want a same day appointment and even then you are often only offered a telephone consultation. My eldest daughter attends a small surgery and 99% of the time gets in no bother the same day. I can’t join that one as I don’t live in the same area but there is one or two others I might look at.
 
eggyg said:
Wise decision I think. Getting an appointment at our surgery ( when you eventually get through to the switchboards) is nigh on impossible, you have to start ringing at 8 in the morning if you want a same day appointment and even then you are often only offered a telephone consultation. My eldest daughter attends a small surgery and 99% of the time gets in no bother the same day. I can’t join that one as I don’t live in the same area but there is one or two others I might look at.
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Your surgery sounds as bad as the one I attended when I lived in Bedfordshire. As the surgery was literally 200 yards from my house instead of phoning for an appointment, it was much easier to join the queue outside the surgery at 7 am and at 7:55 am the receptionist would hand out numbered cards and if you were lucky you got to see a doctor within a couple of hours (depending on your position in the queue), I think this was one of the consequences of building too many new estates close by and not providing sufficient infrastructure to support them.
 
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