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"Still cannot get an appointment"

About: Church Street Surgery

My 3 year old son, had a bad chest and cough, not Covid, for 2 weeks now. Two weeks ago I was sent a message telling me he needs a flu vaccine (he was premature and acquired double pneumonia during emergency section which damaged his lungs). After daily attempts, spending hours on the phone, I cannot get an appointment for the flu vaccine or to assess if he needs antibiotics for his persistent cough, congestion, gunged up eyes and green snot! Call-back system has called me back twice, then immediately ended the call. Presume the call back at 19 minutes is to meet their statement of a call back within 20 minutes. The cut off is because they have nobody to talk with you. We are not supposed to visit the surgery without a prior appointment. I have no faith in them at all now. No response to complaints/requests. Probably don't even read these reviews. So much for 'Putting patients at the centre of what we do.' Having just read Ossett Surgery's 'Your Rights and Responsibilities' if I wasn't so upset I would think it was a joke! We have no Rights and Responsibilities, they all relate to an actual interaction with some sort of medical practitioner! They never read these reviews either. At least it has let of a little steam. Start again tomorrow, or A&E tomorrow afternoon!

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Response from Church Street Surgery 2 years ago
Church Street Surgery
Submitted on 09/11/2021 at 15:38
Published on nhs.uk at 20:52


Dear patient,

Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on our service and I am very sorry to hear of your experience with Ossett Surgery. As a practice we endeavour to deliver the highest standard of care and service for all of our patients.

We have made various changes to our telephone system, one which now includes and automatic call back service. This allows you to remain in the queue without having a long wait, the system will offer an automatic call back when your call is the next in line to be answered by a member of staff. Hopefully this will have improved patients experience of trying to access our services whilst also reducing the long wait times on the phone.

We did have some teething problems when we put the phone line in place and apologise for this.

We would like to reassure you that we are constantly reviewing our processes. I would be more than happy to discuss the above issues with you directly if you wish to do so. My email is luke.swinden@nhs.net

Kind regards,

Luke Swinden

Operations Manager

Ossett Surgery

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