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"Best surgery I've been with"

About: Ellergreen Medical Centre

I've never written a review before and this was encouraged by a visit a few weeks ago and a recent review I've seen on here . I have mental health problems . The majority of the time I am stable and live a normal life thanks to the support of the NHS and this surgery . Occasionally however I am in crisis . If either me or my kids need an appointment that day I have never been turned away ... So what if I have to wait to get a call from a GP to be "triaged" first before getting an appointment they are all kind and understanding and given me help the Same day . And the reception staff have all be amazing . They are clearly stretched . One receptionist in particular is a joy . She is always smiling and I feel like she actually likes to help people . She could give a customer service lesson to most of the patients ! She is a wonderful member of staff . I'm writing this because on a recent visit she was so badly verbally abused whilst trying to help a horrible man at the reception desk I was disgusted . But she handled it with dignity and respect and still tried to help . I don't know how she kept so calm !! I've seen it loads of time those ladies get grief on a daily basis and I just wanted to say that I think you are doing a great job

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Response from Ellergreen Medical Centre 5 years ago
Ellergreen Medical Centre
Submitted on 26/06/2018 at 17:21
Published on nhs.uk at 18:06


Thankyou for your kind words. They will be fed back to the relevant team.

We only ever try to help our patients. Unfortunately some patients feel like it is ok to treat our staff in this way. We have a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for such behaviour and problem patients will be removed from our list.

We understand that frustrations can boil over, but that is no excuse to be rude to staff member who will always try their best to resolve any issues.

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