Latest Practice News
RETURN OF KINGSTON
BAGPUIZE CLINIC
The clinic at Kingston Bagpuize/Southmoor Village Hall
will return on Thursday 11th September. The clinic will run weekly
from 10.30am to 11.30am and appointments must be booked in advance
by contacting the main surgery at Faringdon on 01367 242388. There
may be times, as was always the case, when the clinic may not be
scheduled due to doctors being on leave to ensure that cover is
maintained at the main surgery.
The clinic is ideally aimed at those who have problems getting to
the main surgery because of transport or mobility problems and who
need to see a doctor. We hope that patients will make use of it as
demand had dramatically reduced after the move to the new surgery
building in Faringdon. Please remember that the clinic is not there
for patients to order repeat prescriptions which should be done
through the main surgery or Post Office.
CONGRATULATIONS
It’s not often that we like to congratulate ourselves but the
results of a recent National GP access survey shows that our
practice scored above the National average in England!!
| |
Our Score |
National Average |
| Ease of access by telephone to the practice |
96.7% |
87.4% |
| Getting an appointment the same day or within 2 days |
92.9% |
87.1% |
| Getting an appointment more than 2 days in advance |
93.3% |
77.3% |
| Ability to make an appointment with a particular GP |
99.3% |
87.6% |
Threat to our Dispensary
The Government has recently produced a Pharmacy White Paper which
threatens the future of dispensary services in General Practice. The
dispensary at the White Horse Medical Practice is therefore under
threat of closure if the Government’s plans go ahead. There is a
consultation period until the summer. If you would like to help us
to save our services then please go to
www.saveourdispensary.com and sign up to the petition.
Alternatively contact our local MP, Ed Vaizey, at
vaizeye@parliament.uk
or on 020 7219 6350.
Click here to read the practice leaflet on the Government’s
proposals.
You can read more about the Pharmacy White Paper on the
Department of Health website by clicking on this link:
www.dh.gov.uk
Daily Deliveries
In February 2008 we introduced a daily delivery service from our
dispensary to the Post Offices in Kingston Bagpuize/Southmoor,
Stanford in the Vale and Uffington. The service runs Monday to
Friday at around lunchtime and patients can use it to both drop off
their repeat prescription requests and pick up their dispensed
items. What could be more convenient?! Please make sure that if you
pay for your prescriptions that you provide a cheque (payable to the
White Horse Medical Practice) with your repeat prescription request.
Prescriptions are now £7.10 per item.
Target Performance
The Government introduced a new GP Contract in 2004 which contains
quality targets for General Practice. We are assessed against the
targets at the end of each March. We are very proud to have scored
100% for the first 3 years following the introduction of these
targets and only narrowly missed getting 100% this year due to a
change to the target for recording smoking status, mainly amongst
teenagers.
New Website
Welcome to our new website! We hope that you will find this new
improved version easier to navigate and would welcome any feedback
or comments on what you think we could do to improve it further.
Just use the feedback form.
One of the improvements that we have made is that the online repeat
prescription facility is now provided through a secure webpage – so
we recommend that you use this rather than sending us an email. We
will receive your request just as quickly!
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