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 - Head Receptionist
Maxine Hunt - Senior Dispenser
Sally Freeman - Practice Secretary

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 Tuesday 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

Registering as a Patient

To register, simply come into the surgery and fill in a form. This only takes a few minutes. Bring with you your NHS Medical Card, if you have one, as this makes it much quicker for you. You will be asked to make an appointment for a "New Patient Health Check".

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.

Clinics:

Clinics are held for all Chronic Disease Management, including: Asthma, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease, Minor Ops, Smoking Cessation, Maternity and Health Check by normal appointment procedure.

Antenatal Clinics: Wednesday 1:30pm — 2:30pm

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.

Patients can also order repeat prescriptions online.

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.

With the opening of a new pharmacy in Reydon on 23rd April 2012, Southwold Surgery will no longer be able to dispense medicines to you if you live within I mile of the new pharmacy.

Unfortunately you will have to make alternative arrangements to obtain your dispensed medicines. We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes.

Patients who live more than 1 mile away from the new pharmacy in Reydon and the existing pharmacies in Southwold are unaffected by these changes.

Services Provided

In addition to the full range of GP services, the following are also offered:

• Maternity medical services
• Contraceptive services
• Child health surveillance services
• Minor surgery services