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"Appalling service"

About: Moulsham Lodge Surgery

The surgery is currently (and has been for some time) operating on a same-day only service to see a doctor.

If you want to get an appointment in advance it's almost impossible.

Time-keeping by doctors seems to be hit-and-miss.

You can be booked in for the first appointment of the day and the doctor can be running late for it.

When this happens there is never any communication either to patients waiting or those coming in for later appointments that there is a delay.

When you question this with the staff at reception you get fobbed off with excuses and treated as though you'd asked something inappropriate.

When you fill in a complaint form and tick to request to hear back from the surgery, you get no response.

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Response from Moulsham Lodge Surgery 5 years ago
Moulsham Lodge Surgery
Submitted on 29/08/2018 at 17:48
Published on nhs.uk at 18:06


Dear Patient

Thank you for your comments and I am sorry you have experienced problems booking an appointment.

We do have pre bookable appointments, but unfortunately these do go very quickly.

We will be looking at the appointment system in the near future following our merge with the Beacon Health Group.

We have recently recruited a salaried GP and a clinical pharmacist; we have plans in place to put an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in place in the future, thereby releasing the GPs to see patients with more complex medical conditions.

I have checked the appointment rotas for the last two months and found that no doctors were running late for their first appointment of the day so am at a lose as to understand your comment.

I have also have not received any complaint forms recently.

If you would like to call me on 01245 353182 to discuss the matter further, please feel free to do so.

I am usually available Monday to Friday from 8-4pm.

However, tomorrow (30/8/18) I will be unavailable due to working on the clinical system merge with the Beacon Health Group.

Kind regards

Carrie McSpadden

Practice Manager

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