Welcome to our website

Orchard_Practice Welcome to Orchard Medical Practice and the practice of Drs Sheikh, Temple, Macgregor, Mills, Freeman and Phipps.

At Orchard Medical Practice we aim to treat all our patients promptly, courteously and in complete confidence. Please help us to help you by reading this website and follow the suggestions made to ensure that appropriate services can be provided when you most need them.

Medical Students - We help in the training of Medical Students. Medical Students will occasionally sit in with the doctor. You are free to ask them not to be present when you see the doctor.

Get reminders by text message
You can now register to receive information regarding appointments and health care. If you wish to register for this service download and fill out the registration form and return it to the practice. Otherwise, we will ask you for you mobile number when making a future appointment with us, it's as simple as that.

Easter/June 2012 Closure Dates:

Friday 6th april 2021 - Good Friday Closed

Saturday 7th April 2012 - Easter Saturday Closed

Monday 9th April 2012 - Easter Monday Closed

Monday 7th May 2012 - Closed

Monday 4th June 2012 - Bank Holiday Closed

Tuesday 5th June 2012 - Queens Jubilee Closed

Below are a list of local Pharmacies offering services over the Bank Holidays.

Pharmacy_Opening_times_Easter_2012.pdf

SystmOnline: Order your repeat prescriptions online CLICK HERE.

To use this service you must first of all bring proof of ID preferably photo ID into the surgery to obtain your username and password.

(Site updated 11/05/2012)

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Wednesday Closing

The Practice is closed ONCE a month for staff development and training. Our Doctors, Nursing and administrative staff do need time to train together, which is vital to improve service delivery. The next date is Wednesday 23rd May 2012. We DO NOT close on other Wednesday afternoons.

Cancelling Appointments
If you are unable to attend an appointment with one of the doctors or nurses, please telephone or use the link at the bottom of this page to cancel your appointment. By giving us as much notice as you can you are helping us to make sure that someone else is given your slot. Please note that the Practice has a policy for Patient who DO NOT ATTEND or fail to cancel their appointment. Patients who continue to DNA risk being removed from the Practice.
Please keep your appointment, don't waste it.

Emergency Appointments
If you require to be seen urgently, please tell the receptionist the nature of your request to assess the urgency. This facility is for emergency cases only and we ask you to not use this service for routine problems

Home Visits
Home Visits are reserved for patients who are genuinely too ill to attend surgery. Please telephone before 10.00am and be prepared to answer a few questions to help the doctors plan their calls and to assess the urgency. Please remember the doctor can see at least four patients in surgery in the time taken to do one visit.

Welcome to our website

SystmOnline: Order your repeat prescriptions online CLICK HERE.

To use this service you must first of all bring proof of ID preferably photo ID into the surgery to obtain your username and password.

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Further Information