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337 Main Road, Southbourne, West Sussex, PO10 8JH
Telephone: 01243 388740
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We aim to provide a high level of quality primary care in a friendly, pleasant and informal environment. The relationship between a Patient and the Surgery is an important one. In order that our relationship can flourish we need to understand what we can reasonably expect from each other. For our part we undertake to:
The practice complies with data protection and access to medical records legislation. Identifiable information about you will be shared with others in the following circumstances:
If you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know.
Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff.
Information about the General Practitioners and the practice required for disclosure under this act can be made available to the public. All requests for such information should be made to the practice manager.
In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Access to Health Records Act, patients may request to see their medical records. Such requests should be made through the practice manager and may be subject to an administration charge. No information will be released without the patient consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.
We make every effort to give the best service possible to everyone who attends our practice.
However, we are aware that things can go wrong resulting in a patient feeling that they have a genuine cause for complaint. If this is so, we would wish for the matter to be settled as quickly, and as amicably, as possible.
To pursue a complaint please contact the practice manager who will deal with your concerns appropriately. Further written information is available HERE or from reception.
The NHS operate a zero tolerance policy with regard to violence and abuse and the practice has the right to remove violent patients from the list with immediate effect in order to safeguard practice staff, patients and other persons. Violence in this context includes actual or threatened physical violence or verbal abuse which leads to fear for a person’s safety. In this situation we will notify the patient in writing of their removal from the list and record in the patient’s medical records the fact of the removal and the circumstances leading to it.
The surgery have a lost property box where we store any surgery lost property for one month. After that date we will dispose of as appropriate.
All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.
The average pay for GPs working in Southbourne Surgery in the last financial year was £59,622 before tax and National Insurance.
This is for 1 full time GP and 11 part time GPs who worked in the practice for more than six months.
It should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating this is potentially misleading as it does not take into account the amount of time doctors spent working and therefore it should not be used to form judgements about GP earnings.
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