Important notice for Patients of Dr Hyder Qureshi

Dr Qureshi will be leaving the practice on 31tt December 2011. He is leaving us to take up a post in Kent where he lives. We wish him well in his new Post.

Patients on Dr Qureshi's existing list with surnames A - F will be automatically transferred to the nominal list of our new GP, Dr Yasmin Sattar.

Patients on Dr Qureshi's existing list with surnames G - Z will be automatically transferred to the nominal  list of Dr Tania Burgess (formerly Webb).

You need take no action; transfers will take place automatically on lst January
2012.

NEW DOCTOR

The New Surgery welcomes Dr Yasmin Sattar (from January 2012). Dr Sattar will be working in the practice on Mondays and Fridays and will also be doing some locum sessions for us.

Dr Sattar is a skilled general practitioner and has a keen interest in Paediatrics. Dr Sattar trained at Guys & St Thomas's Hospital in London and lives in
Redbridge.

We hope You will soon come to like her as much as we do.

TRAINING PRACTICE

From 3^RD AUGUST 2011 The New Surgery will become a TRAINING PRACTICE for the East of England Deanery.

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Yetunde Ajayi who will be our GP Registrar and working alongside the existing GP Partners and our new GP, Dr. Tania Webb. 

The practice will continue to have Year 5  student doctors from The Royal London & St. Bartholomew’s Hospital who will be with us between September 2011 to March 2012. Students are in the last term before taking their final exams.  All appointments offered with our student doctors will be overseen by one of the GP partners or Dr. Webb.

If you do not wish to see a student doctor as part of their training, please advise the receptionist who will do their best to accommodate your request.

NEWS & UPDATES VIA EMAIL

Patient Views via Email

In collaboration with our Patient Participation Group (PPG) we would like to encourage as many patients as possible to give their views about how the practice is doing. If patients would like to provide their email addresses we will be able to contact you from time to time to share important information about the practice with you and to ask for your views and comments. Your email address will not be visible to other people.

If you are interested please print off this form and hand in to the Receptionist when you are passing by. Alternatively you may give us a call and a receptionist will note your email address by telephone. Forms are also available at the Reception front desk.

Your contact details will only be used for this purpose and will be kept safely.

Debbie Elam

MONDAY EVENING EXTENDED HOURS SURGERY TO CLOSE

Since September 2008 the practice has been providing additional pre-bookable GP appointments on Monday evening between 6.30pm and 8.30pm.

This was funded by an agreement with NHS South West Essex and part of the funding has been withdrawn since April 2011. 

During that time there has been an exceptionally high number of patients who DNA (do not turn up for the appointments) meaning that valuable time is wasted.

The views of The New Surgery Patient Participation Group were sought and it has been agreed that we shall close the Monday evening extended hours surgery after 23^rd May 2011.

This was a difficult decision but will allow the practice to continue to provide extended hours pre-bookable appointments on Saturday morning with either the doctor or the practice nurse.

Should you wish to discuss this further please contact the Practice Manager, Mrs. Debbie Elam.

If you would like to join our Patient Participation Group please leave your details with a receptionist and a member of the PPG will telephone you.

ONLINE REPEAT PRESCRIPTION ORDERING

We are now offering patients the facility to order repeat prescriptions online. To read more about this service please click here.