Patients across South Warwickshire are to be offered evening and weekend appointments thanks to a new service, called GP+, being provided by the South Warwickshire GP Federation (SWGP).
Patients in South Warwickshire are able to book face-to-face or telephone appointments at two GP+ ‘hubs’ from 6.00pm to 9.00pm on weekdays and 9.00am to 1.00pm on weekends.
Routine and same day appointments will be offered with GPs, nurses and clinical pharmacists.
South Warwickshire GP+ will run initially from two centrally located and accessible hub locations, Waterside Medical Centre and Croft Medical Centre in Leamington Spa. The hubs will be staffed by GPs and nurses from local GP practices, with some specialist roles recruited specifically for the new service.
GP+ clinicians will have access to patient records, so that the patient’s full medical history is known and records can be updated regardless of when or where patients are seen (subject to consent).
Appointments for the extended access service can be booked via the practice.
For more information, visit www.southwarwickshiregps.nhs.uk/extendedaccess