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Shannon F. 3 years ago • From Google

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Bad

Phone system makes appointments difficult to arrange

Absolutely horrendous surgery. Can never get through on the telephone system for a start. Some (not all) of the reception staff are rude and not much help at all. There is no communication throughout the centre at all! I tried to arrange an appointment for my infant at the beginning of August but as she had not been registered yet they could not do this, but also could not register her as I couldn't locate her health record anywhere (was in the process of moving house and had misplaced it). If they had informed me all I needed was her NHS number to register her then I could have done it there and then. I spoke to my health visitor about this who was supportive and she rang the surgery on my behalf and spoke to reception about this and was told my daughter was able to see a doctor but the appointment would be under my name as she remained unregistered and all I needed to do was take the forms back that I had previously tried to hand in and provide her NHS number. Went to the appointment the next day to be told by the clinician I was seeing that no one had informed him about the arrangement and he was unable to see my daughter. He was extremely rude and unhelpful about it and actually reduced me to tears in the room and didn't ask if I was okay. The appointment I needed for her was because I believed she had a food sensitivity. He refused to examine her symptoms and proceeded to show me an alternative product I would need and told me I had to go and buy it myself. Fast forward on, it was most definitely a food sensitivity and I got told by the surgery in September that a referral was made and a repeat prescription for my daughter's alternative milk would be made (I understand referrals can take a while). I've not heard back about either of these things and all I've been doing is constantly having to ring (if I can get through) or go into the surgery for prescription after prescription where I was only getting one or two tiny tubs at a time. No good for a baby! And still at the end of October, no repeat prescription!! However, I can't fault the partner centre down the road as they have been more than helpful about everything to do with my pregnancy and with my daughter. The team there have all been great.

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