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"Very poor digital service"

About: Witton Street Surgery

Today I visited the nurse and was told to make 2 appointments using NHS digital services.

1 - tried to book a appointment at the Cheshire Phlebotomy - Victoria Infirmary and could not get the system to send me the passcode to my mobile. I checked and the number was correct, I could receive message from others.

2 - tried to book a GP appointment only to be told I have to do it at 8:00 a.m. the next day. The system couldn't queue my triage request.

What is going on! I worked for 30 years in the IT industry and can say this service is appalling. If you want to go digital make sure your business processes and digital processes are fit for purpose.

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Response from Witton Street Surgery 2 weeks ago
Witton Street Surgery
Submitted on 22/05/2025 at 11:55
Published on nhs.uk at 11:55


Thank you for your review, we are sorry you are not happy with our digital service. Unfortunately we have no control over the Cheshire Phlebotomy IT, you will need to contact them if you wish a response. However, we will try and address your concerns regarding our digital triage requests. We do have to set a limit on the number of health forms we can receive in a day to be clinically safe, in order to control the numbers that can be safely triaged by the reviewing clinician. The capacity level is set differently each day depending on demand and available slots and we constantly audit the ratio of appointment requests versus the number of appointments we have available and increase depending on demand. We do, as a safety net, inform patients to telephone the surgery once capacity is reached if they feel an urgent appointment is required or they need to speak to us.

With regards to queuing of the health form this is not enabled, as without a cap we run the risk of there being an uncontrolled number of health forms ready to triage at 8.00 am reducing the capacity for that day even further. Unfortunately due to us not being a 24 hour service we do have to have a cut off point so that we can offer a clinically safe system, the same as we would have done with the previous system of phoning at 8 am.

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