Accessibility: This site is being redesigned as it does not meet the current accessibility standards. Please use online booking as much as possible so our patients needing to contact us for urgent medical problems do not wait for long on the phone. If you do not have online access please go to our Online Access registration page of the website and send your completed form along with photographic ID via email to - ringmead.onlineservices@nhs.net so we can organise online access for you.
Otherwise you can use the NHS App to prove your ID - please see their website for more information. Please note you may receive a call or text to advise that a call has been scheduled at a later date with the appropriate clinician. Do not use eConsult for urgent medical advice or for requesting prescriptions. When the surgery is closed or it is a bank holiday, please use 111 to avoid delays for urgent advice/enquiries.
As part of a CCG trial, eConsult is currently not available over weekends. We have been experiencing extremely high call volumes in the last few months and we would like to apologise to all of you that have been trying to get through to us.
Otherwise you can use the NHS App to prove your ID - please see their website for more information. Please note you may receive a call or text to advise that a call has been scheduled at a later date with the appropriate clinician. Do not use eConsult for urgent medical advice or for requesting prescriptions. When the surgery is closed or it is a bank holiday, please use 111 to avoid delays for urgent advice/enquiries.
As part of a CCG trial, eConsult is currently not available over weekends. We have been experiencing extremely high call volumes in the last few months and we would like to apologise to all of you that have been trying to get through to us.
Services
If your home pregnancy test is positive, then please call the surgery and arrange an appointment with the midwife.
This test is available with the Health Care Assistant, Practice Nurses or a doctor on request.
We have a limited number of blood testing appointments available and would like to let you know about the options available to you locally.
If you are under 16 we are unable to carry out your blood test.
Please note that children aged 7 and above are bled in all local hospital phlebotomy clinics.
This test is available with the Health Care Assistant, Practice Nurses or a doctor on request.
We have a limited number of blood testing appointments available and would like to let you know about the options available to you locally.
If you are under 16 we are unable to carry out your blood test.
Please note that children aged 7 and above are bled in all local hospital phlebotomy clinics.
Everyone leads busy lives and we at the Ringmead Medical Practice understand that it can sometimes be difficult to make an appointment to see us.
Here are the ways to make appointments.
You can book an appointment up to two weeks in advance.
For example, if you know you are due a Medication Review there is no need to leave it until your prescription is due - Book in advance.
Please remember to leave your mobile phone on if you are expecting a call back from the doctor.
A missed call to you is a missed contact with another patient.
Here are the ways to make appointments.
You can book an appointment up to two weeks in advance.
For example, if you know you are due a Medication Review there is no need to leave it until your prescription is due - Book in advance.
Please remember to leave your mobile phone on if you are expecting a call back from the doctor.
A missed call to you is a missed contact with another patient.
Outside normal surgery hours you can still phone the surgery, but you will be directed to the out-of-hours service.
The out-of-hours period is from 6.30pm to 8.00am on weekdays and all day at weekends and on bank holidays.
If it is not an immediate emergency then please call NHS 111.
NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
It can provide medical advice and details of the best local service that can provide care.
Telephone consultations and triage (an assessment of how urgent your medical problem is) are an important part of all out-of-hours care.
The out-of-hours period is from 6.30pm to 8.00am on weekdays and all day at weekends and on bank holidays.
If it is not an immediate emergency then please call NHS 111.
NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
It can provide medical advice and details of the best local service that can provide care.
Telephone consultations and triage (an assessment of how urgent your medical problem is) are an important part of all out-of-hours care.
A team of District Nurses who provide the link between the community and the practice especially for housebound patients.
A team of Health Visitors support the practice in promoting healthy living for all ages, as well as looking after the under 5's.
She works closely with the Partners and is responsible for the overall management of the practice; finances and budgets, human resources, new business and non-medical matters.
There is a team of receptionists who are responsible for assisting you to make the appropriate appointment for your health needs.
A team of Health Visitors support the practice in promoting healthy living for all ages, as well as looking after the under 5's.
She works closely with the Partners and is responsible for the overall management of the practice; finances and budgets, human resources, new business and non-medical matters.
There is a team of receptionists who are responsible for assisting you to make the appropriate appointment for your health needs.
If you want to order your prescriptions online - you need to sign up to our patient access service.
Please visit the Online Services page for details on how to do this.
Patients on repeat medication may be asked to see either a doctor or practice nurse at least once a year to review these regular medications.
Only your doctor (or an independent prescriber such as a nurse practitioner) can decide whether you can have a medication on repeat prescription and how long for.
This may include medication that you need regularly or for a long period and that your doctor thinks is safe for you to take without being seen for every request.
Please visit the Online Services page for details on how to do this.
Patients on repeat medication may be asked to see either a doctor or practice nurse at least once a year to review these regular medications.
Only your doctor (or an independent prescriber such as a nurse practitioner) can decide whether you can have a medication on repeat prescription and how long for.
This may include medication that you need regularly or for a long period and that your doctor thinks is safe for you to take without being seen for every request.
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