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Patient Choice
If the GP needs to refer you at all you will be offered a choice of hospitals etc, during the consultation.
Specimens For Laboratory Analysis
Specimens requested by your doctor should be sent to the surgery for collection before 3.00pm unless otherwise requested. Details are available from the practice nurses or from a receptionist.
Nearest NHS Walk-in Treatment Available
The nearest hospital to us is the Royal Sussex County Hospital based in Eastern Road, Brighton. There is an Accident & Emergency Department where you can access medical care 24 hours a day.
Patients Not Seen Within Three Years
Where a registered patient who:
a) has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the age of 75 years and
b) has attended neither a consultation with, nor a clinic provided by us, within the period of three years prior to the date of request
you are entitled to request an appointment with a health professional.
Patients Aged 75 Years and Over
Where a registered patient who:
a) has attained the age of 75 years and
b) has not participated in a consultation within a period of 12 months prior to the date of the request
requests a consultation, the practice shall, in addition and without prejudice to its other obligations, in respect of that of the patient, make such enquiries and undertake such examinations as appear to be appropriate in all the circumstances.
A consultation shall take place in the home of the patient where, in the reasonable opinion of the contractor, it would be inappropriate, as a result of the patient’s medical condition for him to attend the practice premises.
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