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With the exception of emergencies, requests for home visits should be made before 11.00am.
The receptionist may need to ask for some details of the problem. Please consider
the necessity for a home visit. A child with a high temperature can safely be
brought to the surgery where a more complete assessment is possible. Home visits
are intended for the housebound and those too ill to travel. Remember we can see
three or four people in the surgery in the time an average visit takes. Requests
for urgent medical attention which may involve a home visit are referred to the
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Blood tests and X-Ray results are available by telephone
from reception after 2.00pm. Please do not telephone in the morning as this is
our busiest time, and the daily incoming results are not fully processed by the
doctors until after morning surgery.
