Dr Semple, Finney &
Datta
February Newsletter 2016
Changes to the team
We are sorry to say farewell to both Dr Eckersall and Dr
Thorman this month. Dr Eckersall was proving locum cover for
Dr McGill, who returns in the summer and was offered a
Partnership in a practice and leaves with our best wishes.
Vietnamese Visit
In November, we hosted a delegation of Vietnamese
Delegates, including a Senior Health Minister who wanted
to find out more about General Practice and Primary Care
in Scotland.
This was part of the Vietnamese
Government’s studies towards health reform.
This proved to be a very successful visit from both
ourselves and our Vietnamese counterparts and we wish
them well in their future projects.
Dr Thorman, our Registrar, has now gone on maternity leave
and we hope to see her return next year and complete her final
part of her GP training.
Both Doctors have been fantastic members of the practice
team and we wish them both well in the future.
I’m sure many of you will have seen the news about the severe
shortage of GP’s in the UK and unfortunately, we are no
different in Glasgow. This has caused difficulty in getting in
more permanent locum cover.
We have contacted two very experienced GP’s to help us
during this period and we are delighted to announce the short
term appointments of Dr Rodger and Dr Fraser who will be
helping until we have a more permanent arrangement.
I fully appreciate that many of you prefer to see a particular GP
but I would be grateful for your patience and understanding
during this period.
Farewell Jean
We also said a sad farewell to our receptionist Jean this month,
who has retired. Jean has been working in the Medical Centre
since 1998 and was a much loved member of the team and
leaves with our best wishes.
We would like to welcome Frances to the team, who some of
you may know already as she was initially bank staff. Frances
has a wealth of experience and we look forward to working
with her.
Ordering Repeat Prescriptions
Did you know that you can email the practice with your
repeat prescription requests? Email us on
GG-UHB.GP52414prescriptions@nhs.net
Please note that repeat prescriptions can be processed
quicker than acute prescriptions, so keep this in mind if
you request both. We have a 48 hour turnaround for
Acute Prescriptions due to the length of time taken to
issue these and the high volume of requests we receive.
Extended Hours
We have increased our Extended Hours. This means
appointments will be available on Monday and Tuesday
evenings, as well as Friday mornings.
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Monday:
Tuesday:
Friday:
5:30pm – 6:30pm
5:30pm – 6:30pm
8:00am – 8:30am
Phoning for Test Results
Test results are available between 2pm and 3pm Monday – Friday. When test results come back, they are analysed by the GP
who then leave a comment for the reception staff to pass on. I.e. Satisfactory result; please inform patient. Sometimes the GP
may ask for another test to be done (there are a number of reasons for this) and the receptionist will pass this on.
We would ask you to keep in mind that the administration team are passing on a message and cannot answer detailed questions
regarding your results. Should you wish to discuss your results, please ask for a telephone consultation with either the GP or the
Practice Nurse.