Latest News

MAY 2010

DR GEORGE

Dr George has returned from maternity leave.

DR KERRY

Dr Kerry will be returning to Blue Dykes in the autumn.

NEW FACES

We have some new faces in our nursing teams - Nicky Atkins and Gillian Benton are our two new practice nurses.

JUNE 2009

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION

Doctor John Mann, senior partner of Blue Dykes Surgery, receiving a defibrillator from Dennis Needham, Chairman and In Memorium Secretary of the Clay Cross Branch of the British Heart Foundation.

MISSED APPOINTMENTS

People making appointments and then failing to turn up is becoming a big problem for us. In the past few weeks we have lost at least a day of appointments every single week.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND YOUR APPOINTMENT PLEASE RING TO CANCEL.

The problem has got so bad with some repeat offenders that we may have no choice but to ask these individuals to find themselves a new surgery to register with as they are significantly compromising the service available for other patients.

INR CLINICS

Those of you taking Warfarin may have noticed we have changed the way we test your INR. The testing is now done as a fingerprick blood test and the result is available straight away. We hope this new service will be more convenient and safer for patients.

AUTOMATED APPOINTMENT BOOKING

The telephone system enables routine advance GP appointments with our regular doctors to be booked 24 hours a day without needing to speak to a receptionist. Please be aware that urgent appointments and short notice appointments are not offered on this system, it is for routine advance appointments (i.e. the appointment may not be within the next few days). If you need to see the GP sooner than this please speak to a receptionist during normal opening hours.