At Becontree Medical Centre, we offer the following types of appointments for Doctors and Physician Associates:
- Same-day face-to-face A.M.
- Same day face-to-face P.M.
- Routine appointment
The same day A.M. appointments are embargoed and will only be available to book from 8:00 on the day. Equally, the same day P.M. appointments are embargoed and will only be available to book from 1:00 pm on the day. This allows the opportunity for patients who were unable to call first thing in the morning to have access to same-day appointments.
Finally, there are routine appointments whose waiting time is up to five working days. That is to say that the embargo lifts on these appointments one week after the current date; it is possible to find routine appointments which are bookable sooner than five working days.
Nurses, HealthCare Assistant, and Phlebotomy appointments are unreserved and given on a first come, first served basis.
Evening is available with the HUB. Please speak to reception for further details. If you make an appointment and then find that you no longer require it, please telephone to cancel your appointment so that we can give it to someone else.
HOW DO I… OBTAIN A HOME VISIT?
In order to receive a home visit, it will be necessary to take a telephone consultation with a clinician who will assess and triage the patients for home visits.
Once this has been done, we have clinicians available every weekday who are able to conduct home visits as and when required.
OUT OF HOURS
There will always be a doctor on call for emergencies. To contact a doctor out of hours please telephone NHS 111.
Please only use this service if your problem cannot wait until the surgery re-opens.
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