The Surgery

 

Mount Avenue
Shenfield
CM13 2NL

Tel: Brentwood 0844 477 8706
Fax: Brentwood 0870 890 2491

Drs Martin Lissmann, Kannan Athreya, Patrick Ward, Sarah Neill,
Sapna Subhani, Karen Adey & Kajan Kanagasabai

WELCOME TO THE SURGERY

BACKGROUND

The Practice has been in existence since 1914, having been founded by Dr Fiddes, and is now housed in purpose-built premises built in 1970 but extended in 1989/90 and again in 1994/95. There are currently seven partners at the surgery, four full time (Dr Lissmann, Dr Athreya, Dr Ward and Dr Kanagasabai) and three part time (Dr Neill, Dr Subhani and Dr Adey). The Practice provides a range of essential, national and local medical services under the General Medical Services Contract (see separate section).

The practice area covers Shenfield and Hutton only. We are not a limited partnership.

SURGERY HOURS

The practice core opening hours are:

EMERGENCY 'OUT OF HOURS' SERVICE

This is provided for our patients via the Essex Ambulance Trust and is the responsibility of the NHS South West Essex.

It covers the hours when the Surgery is closed, i.e. from 6.30pm each evening until 8.00am on weekdays, all bank holidays and weekends (and during all extended hours including Saturday mornings).

If you require urgent medical attention at these times, telephone 0844 477 8706 and you will be automatically transferred to the Out-Of-Hours service provider.

NHS DIRECT, a nurse-led telephone advice line, is also available on 0845 4647.

ACCESS TO SURGERY

Very limited parking is available at the enclosed side of the surgery only.

PLEASE PARK CONSIDERATELY AT ALL TIMES AND DO NOT PARK IN THE DOCTOR OR STAFF PARKING AREAS.

We do not accept any responsibility for vehicles in the car park; these are parked entirely at owner's risk. Wheelchair access is at the main entrance. The downstairs patient's toilet has facilities for the disabled and baby-changing facilities.

A lift is available for access to the upstairs consultation rooms.

Practice News and Notices

 

PATIENT REFERENCE GROUP

We have now completed our Final report and Action plan which  can be viewed form the Patient Reference tab from the home page.

We are now working on the improvements and we will be implementing these and checking our progress over future weeks

If you would like to join the e-mail 'Virtual Group' to be kept up to date with future changes or to make suggestions and feedback on our plans.Please let us have your e-mail contact details using the repeat prescriptions address.

Alternatively , if you can give a committment to our  'face to face meeting Group let our Practice Manager David Walker have your contact details please.

Our next meeting is provisionally arranged for Wednesday 23rd May.

HEALTH VISITORS

Following the closure of the Coram Green Clinic by the South West Essex Primary Care Trust our  Health visitors are now based at the Brentwood Community Hospital 01277 695244 or 01277 695508.

 

'STOP PRESS'

AUTOMATIC PATIENT 'CHECK IN'

We expect this to be installed on Wednesday 28th March.

This will be particularly helpful when the Reception staff are busy with other patients and hopefully help reduce the queues by offering a speedier service.

Please try it out when you are next in the Surgery for an appointment and let us know what you think !

 

 NEW OPENING HOURS

From 2nd April  we will be open from 8.00am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday with no lunchtime closure.

Please note however that the Duty Doctor and other GP sessions will start at 8.30am in the mornings and 1.45pm or later in the afternoons