Elms Medical Centre - Doctors surgery opening times and what to do when we are closed

Hoole Road Surgery Times

The Practice is open from 08:00am till 6:30pm Monday to Friday.

The telephone is often busy early in the morning; therefore if your call is not for an appointment, please call later in the day. Patients are seen by appointment only.

Dr Angelika Stephenson and Dr Jaswinder Walker-Baker are salaried GPs employed by the practice.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
DR MILLS	8.30am -10.30am Branch Surgery	8.00am – 10.00am	Branch Surgery 4.00pm– 6.20pm	9.10 am– 11.10am 3.00pm – 5.00pm	Branch Surgery 2.00pm – 4.00pm
DR LOWRIE	8.30am - 10.50am 3.00 - 5.00pm	8.30am - 10.50am 4.00pm - 6.20pm	8.30am - 10.50am 3.00pm - 5.00pm		8.00am - 10.20am Branch Surgery
DR MCNUTT (female GP)	8.30am - 10.50am 3.30pm - 6.20pm	8.30am - 11.15am (Diabetic Clinic) 3.30pm - 5.30pm		8.30am -10.50am Branch Surgery	8.30am - 10.50am 3.00pm - 5.00pm
DR SNOWDEN	8.30am - 10.50am 3.00pm - 5.00pm	Branch Surgery 3.00pm - 5.00pm	8.00am - 10.10am	8.30am - 10.50am 4.00pm - 6.20pm	8.30am - 10.50am 2.30pm - 4.30pm
DR STEPHENSON (female GP)	8.30am - 11.20am	8.30am - 11.20am Branch Surgery	8.30am - 11.20am
DR WALKER- BAKER (female GP)			9.00am-11.40am 2.00pm-4.40pm	9.30am -12.10pm 2.40pm-5.20pm	9.00am- 11.40am

Blacon Surgery Times

The telephone is often busy early in the morning; therefore if your call is not for an appointment, please call later in the day. Patients are seen by appointment only.

Dr Angelika Stephenson and Dr Jaswinder Walker-Baker are salaried GPs employed by the practice.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Morning

Dr Snowden

9.30am - 11.30am

Dr Mills

9.10am -11.10am

Dr Mills

9.10am - 11.10am

Afternoon

Dr Mills

2.00pm - 4.00pm

Dr Stephenson

2.00pm - 4.20pm

Dr McNutt

2.00pm - 4.10pm

Dr Lowrie

2.00pm - 4.00pm

Surgery availability at our Blacon branch surgery may vary. There is always one surgery each day at Blacon. Please ring Chester 351000 to make an appointment.

The Practice is open from 8.00am til 6.30pm Monday to Friday. The telephone is often busy early in the morning; therefore if your call is not for an appointment, please call later in the day. Patients are seen by appointment only.

Surgery availability at our Blacon brancy surgery may vary. Please ring 01244 351000 to make an appointment.

Hoole Road

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Louise Hammond Nurse Practitioner	8.30 - 11.30am 2.00 - 4.30pm	8.30 - 11.30am	9.00am - 11.45am 2.00 - 4.30pm
Geraldine Mullins Practice Nurse	8.00am -11.40am 2.00 - 4.30pm		8.00 - 11.40am 1.30 - 2.50pm	8.00- 11.40am 2.00 - 5.20pm	8.00 - 11.40am
Thea Owens Practice Nurse		2.00 - 5.00pm	8.00 - 11.40am 2.00 - 5.20pm	8.00 - 11.40am 1.30 - 2.50pm
Lindsay Stoops Practice Nurse	3.00 - 5.30pm	8.00 - 11.40am 2.00 - 4.30pm
Emma Crowe Practice Nurse			1.30 - 4.20pm		9.00 - 11.40am 1.30 - 2.50pm
Charlotte Pulford Healthcare Assistant		8.00am - 12.10pm 1.30 - 4.00pm			8.30am - 12.40pm 2.00 - 4.00pm

Blacon Clinic

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Morning

Thea

9.10 - 11.30am

Emma

9.00 - 11.30am

Lindsay

9.10 - 11.30am

Afternnoon

Lindsay

1.30 - 3.20pm

Closed for Training

All practices across the Primary Trust close for one half day a month between 12.00 - 5.00pm. This allows for staff to be given training and for practices to get together to share knowledge and learning. During the time that the practice is closed if you need a GP, and you cannot wait until the practice reopens at 5.00pm, you can contact the Out of Hours Service on 01244 385300.

The Half Days that we are closed for the next 12 months are as follows:

Thursday 25th April 2013

Tuesday 21st May 2013

Tuesday 18th June 2013

Thursday 25th July 2013

Thursday 22nd August 2013

Tuesday 17th September 2013

Wednesday 16th October 2013

Wednesday 20th November 2013

Wednesday 11th December 2013

When We Are Closed

closed Please ring 01244 351000 and a recorded message will tell you which telephone number to ring. When the surgery is closed care is provided by GP’s and nurses employed by the Cheshire West Primary Care Trust and your doctor may not be on duty. This service is for problems that cannot wait until the surgery is open.

During the time when the Practice is closed and you need a GP and cannot wait until the surgery is open, you can contact the Out of Hours Service on 01244 385300, between 6.30pm to 8.00am weekdays and also at weekends.

Noticeboard

There has been a recent increase in cases of measles. If your child has not completed their two MMR vaccinations, please make arrangements for their vaccinations. If you or your child are un-immunised and are due to travel abroad, please contact the Practice Nurse to discuss.

Making Appointments at the Surgery - P lease contact the surgery on 01244 351000 to make both routine and urgent appointments with the GPs and Nurses

GP Care Plus
Extended Opening is available to all patients to book a routine appointment outside of practice opening hours. This service can be found at the 1829 Building at the Countess of Chester Health Park

Appointments are available
Mon - Fri 6.30-8pm
Sat 10am - 12pm

Please call 01244 385422 between 8am-6pm to book an appointment up to 2 weeks in advance

Out of Hours
Please ring 01244 385300. When the surgery is closed care is provided by GP’s and nurses employed by the Western Cheshire Primary Care Trust and your doctor may not be on duty.

Home Visits
If you are too ill to attend surgery then please telephone 01244 351000 before 10-30am. State clearly the name and address of the patient and describe the symptoms. This helps the doctors to decide the urgency of the calls and plan their rounds.

Test Results
Please telephone between 11.30am and 5.00pm for the results of tests, x-rays etc.

Quit Smoking

A free friendly advice and support service is available to help you give up smoking. To get further information about stopping smoking either ask the GP or nurse when you visit them or phone 0800 0435134. Alternatively you can text quit4good to 60777, email quit@quit4good.org or visit www.quit4good.org

Further Information

Patient Participation Group