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"Poor reception staff "

About: Sothall & Beighton Health Centres

The reception staff at this GP surgery are unhelpful and rude. I understand the NHS is under pressure but this is a problem that has been going on for the past 5 years. Rang for some advice and was bluntly told “It’s 8:30 for appointments”. I began to explain my issue and was rudely cut off “Well call 111”. After informing them I’d already rang 111 who advised to try my GP as it was still within opening times and walk in centres are extremely busy, the receptionist bluntly repeated “It’s 8:30 for appointments”. They had no care at all for anything I had to say, didn’t ask any questions about my need and ignored the fact I’ve been waiting a week already. They are simply not proactive in trying to find me a solution. This is just one example of an experience that happens without fail whenever trying to book an appointment. No consideration is given to your individual circumstances or how to make receiving help accessible to the patient. I am unsure what they are doing to solve this problem as the attitude from staff seems to be this is just how it is” and he’s been going on since I’ve been a patient at this surgery

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Response from Sothall & Beighton Health Centres nearly 2 years ago
Sothall & Beighton Health Centres
Submitted on 17/05/2022 at 09:20
Published on nhs.uk at 12:36


I'm really sorry to hear that you don't feel your call was dealt with appropriately. We do have a number of very new reception staff who are still training, we are particularly concentrating on the care navigation training which we hope will allow more appointments to be available when required. I will pass your comments onto our reception lead who will share them with the reception team. Whenever possible it is preferable if patients can contact me directly as I'm unable to respond fully to generic complaints on an open platform such as this. My contact details along with a complaints proforma are available on our website https://sothall.net/

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