SOUTHWOLD SURGERY

The Team

GPs
Dr Andrew Eastaugh
Dr Christopher Castle
Dr John Stammers
Dr Marga Niemeijer

Nurses
Julie Buckner - Nurse Practitioner
Cathy Ryan - Clinical Case Manager
Lisa Partridge - Practice Nurse
Rachel Temple - Practice Nurse
Sharon Cannell - Practice Nurse
Tina Knights - Healthcare Assistant

Staff
Rigby Whittaker- Practice Manager
Manon Clarke - Reception Manager
Maxine Hunt - Dispensary Manager
Sally Freeman - Senior Administrator

Surgery Hours

Morning Surgery Appointments: 8:50am — 11:30am
Afternoon Surgery Appointments: 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Evening Appointments by prior arrangements only 6:30pm onwards. Limited emergency appointments too.

Phoning the Surgery

You can phone Southwold surgery on 01502 722 326, 8:00am - 6:30pm. For emergencies press 5, for reception press 1. Please phone for results and general enquiries after 11:00am.
For any requests of an urgent nature and visits for doctors whenever possible please contact us first thing in the morning.

Branch Surgeries

Surgeries are held on Wednesday afternoons at Walberswick Village Hall and Thursday afternoons at Wenhaston Village Hall. Please contact the main surgery for an appointment.

About the Surgery

We are a General practice and primary care team including 4 GP partners, a nurse practitioner, 3 practice nurses and a healthcare assistant as well as a wide range of other health and care professionals

Change to Branch Surgery

With effect from April 2013 the Wenhaston clinic with Dr Castle will be held on a Thursday afternoon instead of the Tuesday afternoon. The clinic start time remains the same at 2:30pm.

INFLUENZA

If you are one of our 'at risk' patients and have missed out on the annual flu jab, please contact the surgery as we can still do this immunisation for you.

Registering as a Patient

To register, simply come into the surgery and fill in the relevant forms. It would be helpful if you could provide your NHS number and a copy of your previous surgery's prescription order form. You will be asked to make an appointment for a "New Patient Health Check" with our healthcare assistant.

Reception is open Monday to Friday - 8:00am - 6:30pm.
The surgery is closed at all other times including Bank Holidays. There is a ramp and wide access. All consultation rooms are on the ground floor, with a Cabin at the rear for the Nurse Practitioner.

Services Provided

In addition to the full range of GP services, the following are also offered by normal appointment procedure:

• Maternity medical services/Antenatal clinic
• Contraceptive services
• Child health surveillance services
• Minor surgery services
• Travel advice
• Smoking cessation
• Health checks

Clinics are held for all Chronic Disease Management, including: Asthma, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Repeat Prescriptions

The repeat prescription answerphone number is
01502 725 230. Please leave 2 clear working days between ordering and collection. If requested, most prescriptions can be delivered for collection to the Tuck Shop in Walberswick, The Post Office in Blythburgh and the BlythWeb Office in Wenhaston.

Online Prescriptions

Once you have obtained your own registration document from reception, you can use this link to create your online prescription ordering account. Existing users can also click on the link to access their repeat medication account.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Dispensed Medicines

Department of Health Regulations state that the GP’s can not dispense to patients who live within one mile of a pharmacy.