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"Booking an appointment"

About: Lower Clapton Group Practice

(as the patient),

I have been trying to book an appointment with Lower Clapton Group Practice for review of my medication for well over a month now. I have worked out that I need a telephone appointment and that this should be booked online. The online "Patient Access" is more about how good the practice is (! ! ! ) than about how to make an appointment. I have found it difficult to locate (the website is badly designed) and when I do, there is nothing available. Phoning means listening to a long talk about how good the website is and how wonderful it would be if patients used it (! ! ! ), followed by telephone options, followed on one occasion by a receptionist who suggested (very politely) that I try again in the morning. On another occasion I received a call back at an inconvenient time and was not permitted to make a call back myself at a convenient time. A doctor then called me at a different time than the one I had noted down and I missed the call. And so on... How do I feel? Frustrated. This is (or used to be) a good Practice. Why has it been allowed to get into this state of affairs?

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Response from Jenifer King, General Practitioner/Partner, Lower Clapton Group Practice 5 years ago
Jenifer King
General Practitioner/Partner,
Lower Clapton Group Practice
Submitted on 29/11/2018 at 20:00
Published on Care Opinion on 30/11/2018 at 09:54


So sorry you've had a difficult time getting an appointment. The idea of having a phone appointment is that it should save you coming in when you don't need to, and saves long waits in the waiting room. There is the option to send us a message via the Ask My GP system rather than booking a phone slot. You can add more information in a message such as when it would be convenient for you to be called back and exactly what you need reviewing. We are then able to reply with a message/ phone call. If you are having difficulty navigating the website please do drop into reception and the team will be happy to show you so that you can use it more easily. Do also let us know which bits have been tricky and we will see if we can change them. Thanks for your feedback!

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