Practice Policies & Patient Information
Accountable GP
We will register you with a GP, and you do have a right to request to see a GP of your choice.
All patients aged over 75 years will have a named GP.
You can find out who your named GP is by asking at reception; this information is also shown on your repeat prescription form.
GP Net Earnings
NHS England require that the net earnings of GPs engaged in the practice is publicised and the required disclosure is shown below. However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time GPs spend working in the practice and it should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings nor to make any comparison with any other practice.
All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (i.e. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.
The average pay for GPs working in The Dr V Mudigonda in the last financial year was £68,267 before tax and national insurance. This is for 1 full time GP , 0 part time GP and 1 locum GP who worked in the practice for more than six months.
Requests to expedite hospital appointments
We have recently been receiving a large volume of requests from patients who are awaiting hospital appointments and have asked the surgery to get their hospital appointments expedite i.e. sped up.
We fully appreciate how frustrating it must be to require hospital treatment and to be waiting a long time for an appointment.
Sadly, we at the practice have no control over the waiting times for hospital clinics, nor are we provided with any direct telephone numbers which we can use to get appointments expedited on behalf of our patients.
According to figures from NHS England, a total of 5.8 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of September 2021, the highest since records began in August 2007. As a result, we are unable to write letters to expedite your appointment for this reason.
If you are experiencing worsening of your symptoms, we advise you to contact your specialist/ consultant directly so they can assess your condition and make the necessary arrangements if an expedite of your appointment is appropriate. If you have difficulty in accessing your consultant, we advise you to contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) for assistance. The PALS team can be reached on 01902 695362/ 01902 695368 daily between 10am and 3pm.
Thank you for your understanding.
Thursday Afternoons
The surgery is closed from 1.00pm on Thursday afternoons.
However, please be assured that you will still have access to core GP services within this time.
Between 1.00pm and 6.30pm on Thursdays only, please call 01902 490100 and listen to the recorded message for up to date instructions.
Training Practice
We are a GP training practice and as such have GP registrars.