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SURGERY
TIMES
The Health Centre is open Monday 8.30am - 7.30pm, Tuesday to Friday 8.30am - 6.30pm and closed daily between 12.30 - 1.30pm. We are also open alternate Saturdays 9.00 - 11.30am.
All the doctors are approved by the Primary Care Trust to provide the following services: maternity medical services, child health surveillance, contraceptive services, minor surgery services. Please check with our reception for all surgery and clinic times before coming to the health centre for an appointment. Each day one doctor is our duty doctor to deal with urgent appointments and visits, so surgery times can change as that doctor will be less available for non-urgent appointments.
Please telephone us after 9.00am for non-urgent enquiries. Remember the health centre is closed Monday to Friday 12.30 - 1.30pm.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dr
S A Miller
9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
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4.00 - 6.00
4.00 - 6.00
4.00 - 6.00
3.00 - 5.00
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Dr
R J Baxter
9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
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9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
4.00 - 6.00
4.00 - 6.00
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4.00 - 6.00
3.00 - 5.00
Dr
J A Baseley
9.00 - 12.00
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9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
4.00 - 6.00
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4.00 - 6.00
3.00 - 5.00
4.00 - 6.00
Dr L C Wiseman
9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
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4.00 - 6.00
3.00 - 5.00
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Dr A L A Fyfe
9.00 - 12.00
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9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
4.00 - 6.00
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3.00 - 5.00
4.00 - 6.00
Dr K C Rose
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-
9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
9.00 - 12.00
5.30 - 7.30
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4.00 - 6.00
4.00 - 6.00
3.00 - 5.00
Practice Nurse
8.30 - 12.30
9.00 - 12.30
8.30 - 12.30
9.00 - 12.30
9.00 - 12.30
1.30 - 5.30
2.00 - 5.30
1.30 - 5.30
2.00 - 5.30
1.30 - 5.30
Please advise us if you will not
be attending for a pre-booked appointment as it is our policy to remove from
our list patients who repeatedly fail to attend without good reason/prior notice.
WHAT
TO DO WHEN THE SURGERY IS CLOSED
If you feel the situation is an emergency, then you should consider dialling 999 to request an ambulance. If you need healthcare information or advice NHS Direct is a telephone service staffed by nurses giving confidential assistance 24 hours a day. Telephone 0845 4647. On-line help and advice about treatment from the NHS is also available on the website - www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk If you need a doctor urgently when the surgery is closed, please telephone South East Health on 03000 242424 where your call will be answered by a trained receptionist who will assist you. The service is intended for urgent but not emergency help. During our lunchtime closure telephone (01342) 822131 for contact telephone number.
ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY
The accident and emergency units at Kent & Sussex Hospital,
Tunbridge Wells and Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath are open 24 hours a day.
There are also Minor Injury Units at local hospitals open as
follows:-
Crowborough War Memorial Hospital
8.00am to 8.00pm
Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
8.00am to 10.00pm
Uckfield Community Hospital
8.00am to 8.00pm
Some minor accidents can be dealt
with in the centre's treatment room. A practice nurse is present during normal
hours but doctors are often out.