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Urgent notice – appointment capacity 17/03/2026

We are currently experiencing an extremely high volume of triage requests alongside clinician sickness, which is significantly impacting our appointment availability. Please only contact us if your issue is urgent or cannot safely wait.

For non-urgent concerns, we kindly ask that you:

  • Use online self-care resources where appropriate
  • Visit your local pharmacy for advice on minor illnesses
  • Consider NHS 111 for guidance

Our team is working as quickly as possible to ensure patients with the most urgent needs are prioritised. We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding during this challenging time.

Did not attend (DNA) and late patients

Patients arriving more than 10 minutes late for an appointment may be seen at the end of the surgery at the doctors discretion.

Patients arriving more than 15 minutes late for an appointment will not be seen and asked to re-book.

All Missed appointments will be recorded in the patient record and the patient will be informed directly.

More than 3 instances of a patient failing to attend an appointment without cancelling first (with any practice clinician) in a 12 month period may result in removal from the practice register.

If a patient telephones with a genuine reason for arriving late for their appointment they may be seen at the discretion of the doctor.

Page published: 20 November 2023
Last updated: 20 November 2023