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Vaccination

Weight Loss Injections

From 23 June 2025, a new medication called Tirzepatide (brand name Mounjaro) may be available to some patients in general practice as part of a national NHS programme to support weight management.

Click Here for more information

Appointmernts

Appointments and New Services

Despite staff shortages and increased demands on our services, we are, in fact, offering 40% more appointments than pre-pandemic.

We also have additional services and professionals available to support the practice and our patients, provided by our Primary Care Network (PCN)

You may also be intrested to view the results of a recent GP Patient Survey which showed that

  • 96% of patients that responded described their overall experience of our practice as good.

This is 11% higher than the average for other local practices and 13% higher than the national average.

Click Here to view the results of the survey in more detail.

Wait List

Hospital Outpatient waiting times

As many hospital departments are experiencing COVID related back-logs and longer waiting times, the following a link displays the current EDGH approximate waiting times for first outpatient appointments in the main departments.

https://www.esht.nhs.uk/average-wait-for-routine-first-outpatient-appointment/

Page last reviewed: 13 June 2025
Page created: 01 August 2019