DO YOU WORK FULL TIME AND FIND IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE A ROUTINE APPOINTMENT TO SEE A DOCTOR?ARE YOU IN FULL TIME EDUCATION AND CAN'T GET TO THE SURGERY BEFORE WE CLOSE AT 6.30 PM?CAN YOUR CARER NOT GET YOU TO THE SURGERY UNTIL THE EVENING?

Orchid House Surgery now offers routine week day early morning appointments between 7.00am and 8.00am and evening appointments between 6.30pm and 8.00pm.We also offer one Saturday morning a month between 8.30 and 10.30 am for those patients that are unable to attend our normal opening hours between 8.30 am and 6.30 pm, Monday to Friday, due to daytime commitments please note that this is not an emergency surgery. The phone lines will not be manned during this time, nor can prescriptions be collected or results given. These appointments are available to any patient unable to attend a routine appointment during normal surgery times.PLEASE SPEAK TO THE RECEPTIONIST IF YOU NEED AN EVENING OR SATURDAY MORNING APPOINTMENT.

THE FLU / PNEUMONIA SEASON STARTS IN OCTOBER EVERY YEAR. PLEASE RING TO RESERVE YOUR FLU OR PNEUMOVAX INJECTION FROM AUGUST ONWARDS. WE WILL ALSO BE HOLDING VACCINATION CLINICS AGAINST SWINE FLU ONCE THE VACCINE IS AVAILABLE....... DECEMBER 2009 WE NOW HAVE LIMITED SUPPLIES OF SWINE FLU VACCINE - PLEASE CONTACT THE SURGERY TO BOOK YOUR VACCINE NOW!