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Welcome to Forrest Medical Centre
NEW IN JUNE 2008 - Extended Hours
The Government is concerned that some patients are not able to get to see their doctors in normal surgery hours and so have made some funding available to provide some appointments in "extended hours".
At Forrest Medical Centre we already have appointments available from 8.10am - 5.30pm most days, but we will now also offer a Saturday morning pre-booked surgery and some appointments between 6.30pm and 7.00pm during the week.
Starting in June 2008 there will be a surgery from 8.30am - 12.00pm each Saturday at our Prior Deram Walk site. This surgery is for pre-booked appointments only, but can be used by patients who normally attend either Mount Street or Prior Deram Walk surgeries. Please ask about these appointments if you are someone who has problem getting down to our normal range of surgery times.
On three evenings a week we will also have some pre-booked appointments available between 6.30pm - 7.00pm. Emergencies on weekends, Bank Holidays and in the evenings will still be dealt with by the "Out of Hours Service" (the best way to contact them is by ringing the surgery phone number which will automatically put you through to this service). For more information on the days and times available for all appointments, please check our General Information page.
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EMAIL QUERIES: There may be times when you have a simple question, but feel that an appointment with a GP is not needed. To help make access to your GP even easier we have set up an 'Email Queries' system where simple questions can be submitted to the surgery and we will respond back to you via email. To submit a query please click on the mail icon and follow the instructions. |
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To download our latest Newsletter which provides information about our new extended hours opening times, our new GP's and the updates about the proposed development of the Forrest Medical Centre, please go to our General Information page.
The Forrest Medical Centre
This website has been designed to tell you about the practice and the services that we offer. Please read it carefully. We trust that you will find it helpful and informative.
If you wish to download a printable Practice Booklet please click here. Please note you will need Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view the Booklet, this can be downloaded free at www.adobe.com if you don't already have it.
History
The Forrest Medical Centre can trace its history back beyond the beginning of the NHS when Dr Elford practiced in Regent Street. He was joined by Drs Ballentine, Coghill and eventually by Dr George Forrest. At this stage the surgery was in “the old house” at 63 Allesley Old Road. This was inappropriate for modern practice and was replaced by the current Mount Street surgery in about 1975.
The branch surgery was attached to Dr Forrest’s house in Canley until 1990 when the current Prior Deram Walk surgery was built. At this time we became the Forrest Medical Centre in honour of our, by then retired, senior partner.
Our Canley site now also houses district nurses, health visitors, midwives, a counsellor, a dietician and various other health professionals.
Our Practice Philosophy
All the staff working in our practice are committed to enabling you to enjoy the best possible health. This involves us making ourselves as available to you, offering flexible surgery times, providing the best care and medicines within the resources available to us, and keeping you involved and informed at all stages of your care.
To help meet the full range of your needs we will sometimes have to work closely with other agencies, for example: hospital and community NHS trusts, local authority services (e.g. social services & housing departments) and voluntary agencies. We aim to play our part to the full in providing co-ordinated care varied to meet your unique requirements.
To help us achieve these objectives, we ask that you play your own role in this partnership. This involves you taking responsibility for your own health in relation to diet, exercise, smoking and other basic steps towards maintaining a healthy lifestyle. We will very happily provide any information or advice to help you with this. We would also ask that you take account of our needs in respecting doctors' advice, taking any prescribed medicine as directed and accessing services appropriately. This last point involves, for example:
- Requesting home visits only when really necessary.
- Trying to book appointments as far in advance as possible.
- Arriving on time or a few minutes early for your appointments.
- Informing us if you cannot attend a booked appointment.
- Notifying us of any changes to your name, address or telephone number.
- Giving us as much information as possible about previous illnesses.
The Forrest Medical Centre is part of the Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT).The Trust Headquarters are based at Christchurch House, Greyfriars Lane in Coventry (Telephone 024 7655 2225). Further information about the Trust is available on www.coventrypct.nhs.uk
Equal Opportunities
The Forrest Medical Centre is an equal opportunities Practice and does not discriminate on the grounds of:
- Race, gender, social class, age, religion, sexual orientation or appearance
- Disability or medical condition
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