Ashfield Surgery

They offer the covid and Flu vaccinations. They send you a text message inviting you to come for a vaccine, then when you call them to make an appointment, they say they can't do them at the surgery and to go the pharmacy. Well what's the point in sending the message then?

They're okay but seeing a doctor face to face is a problem. Had a problem for 48 hours and they rang me back eventually but I had already gone to the hospital as the pain had gotten worse. The next day I received a text which told me to make an appointment with the GP to discuss the results they had recieved from the hospital, they couldn't give me one for 2 weeks and that was over the phone. I also needed a scan on my kidneys as I had a serious infection, the doctor didn't follow this up with tests. That took a long time and I waited since September and had blood tests done yesterday.

Having to explain symptoms with staff to get an appointment and still making telephone appointments

The doctor is good. He has had special needs training. He has said he would be able to come out to administer my daughters vaccine too.

Phone lines are open in afternoon but be set any appointments left. Why won’t they take appts for the next day? Even a telephone appt?
We are all fed up with the dreaded 8.30am phone system.

Awful, can’t get through for days. Appointments never available, my daughter had urinary infection but she couldn’t have medicine because there was no Face to face appointment available.

My husband can’t use computer and its impossible for him to book an appointment online.

Very difficult to get an appointment they don’t pick up the phone all the time.

The automated system works very well and I have found you are called back promptly. Due to my sons needs he is unable to communicate via video call and we have always managed to get face to face appointments. The receptionists have also been helpful and efficient.

Very rare face to face, very, very few appointments and endless phone calls to achieve one.