If there was a zero I would give this practice a zero rating. Its not one I use personaly nor would I choose to if I lived in the area however but both my elderly parents sadly were users and both were badly let down in a number of ways. On a general level car parking is not good; trying to get through on the phones is hard work, getting a timely appt does not happen. On specifics they will not do home visits, my mother has been ill for some years now and has no transport of her own yet she has been expected to make her own way to the practice rather than a doctor coming out to her. On all occasions during this time every request for a doctor to visit her has been declined the last occasion she made her own way (walked) to be sen by a nurse practitioner who told her to go home and take some tablets. That night she used her lifeline to get an ambulance who rushed her to hospital where they diagnosed double pneumonia. Following her discharge no attempt was made by her practice to check on her well being despite them being sent the notes from the hospital which would have detailed the issues she had. Sadly a few weeks later she again called an ambulance and was taken to hospital where they found that the double demoniac had returned. Had her GP/practice taken any interest in her after the first discharge they might have been able to prevent the re-occurrence, needles to say again after the second discharge no contact was made. Having moved from the area the difference in the support provided by her new practice is immense, despite having only joined the new practice a week or so previously when they were called re her condition they came out the same day and did a further visit the following day and arranged for a physio to visit her to help with her condition which they did within two days and are continuing to support her. Needles to say nothing like this was provided by her previous practice
One could question the work ethics of this surgery but this should be left to the professionals who I assume carry out reviews periodically to ensure that NHS money is being well spent and that they are delivering a good service. As a user albeit by proxy I would strongly suggest that they do need to be looked at read more