the 10 minute consultation

To help us deliver timely quality care we ask you to be mindful of the doctor's/nurse's time constraints.

Each appointment is only 10 minutes long, which is not long at all, even for simple straightforward clinical problems. We would ask you to prioritise your concerns and if you have more than one unrelated problem to book a separate appointment for each.

We aim to offer a high quality service and to achieve this we need to give each one of your concerns due consideration and time. Please show understanding if the doctor or nurse asks you to rebook for non-urgent problems when your allocated time is up.

Please do not ask for repeat prescriptions during consultations - for this we have a very safe, quick and efficient system in place.

We strive to deal with every one of your urgent concerns on the same day, of course. Remember, late running clinics affect the patients who come after yourself. We do appreciate that running late in clinic is a fact of life, but we do need to minimise unnecessary wait and make sure that we can see every patient who needs to see us on any given day.

We thank you for your consideration and help in this matter.