CHURCH OF ENGLAND (cont) St Mark, Eagland Hill • •
Sun 19th Dec, 2:30pm: Family Carol Service Sat 25th Dec, 9:00am: Holy Communion
Rev Andy Shaw 01253 799895 pillingrev@btconnect.com
OVER WYRE MEDICAL CENTRE The reputation of general practice is currently suffering following a barrage of inappropriate and misleading media coverage. Some sources insinuate that general practice is closed, that face to-face consultations are not available or that GP practices are somehow not pulling their weight within general practice. Here at Over Wyre Medical Centre, we feel that this is untrue and insulting. Prior to the Covid pandemic, when face-toface consultation was the first port of call, the system was managing but demand was high
18
and patients would wait between two and four weeks for an appointment. This was not a perfect system. The pandemic has pushed us all towards remote working. We have seen benefits to this and recognise this as an opportunity to work more efficiently. We are able to see more patients in the best way possible. This is always the highest priority. All requests for same-day appointments are clinically triaged. If the doctor can manage the clinical problem remotely and in a shorter period of time, they will do. If the doctor needs to arrange for a faceto-face assessment, this will be arranged. Routine problems, such as discussion of nonurgent test results or long-standing clinical problems, are allocated an appropriate time slot. Although this change has been forced by
Are you phoning an advertiser for a quote?
