Main Surgery – 01829 732401
(all calls are recorded)
Option 1 – Reception
Option 2 – Secretary

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A day in the life of….. a GP

8.30 am
Arrive at surgery and deal with any urgent queries, such as contacts from the Out of Hours Service overnight. Review blood and other test results that have been sent overnight from the laboratory.

9.00 am
Start morning surgery. See 14 booked patients at 15 minute intervals. These are a mixture of both face to face and telephone appointments.  May have to take telephone calls from hospital or community staff about our patients during surgery. Call patients who have requested a home visit that may need attention before routine visit time. Speak to other clinical staff eg GP Registrar, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse, about patients they are seeing.

12.15 pm
Review and sign all repeat prescriptions that have been generated from patient requests that day.  Respond to emails from work colleagues about patients, practice activities or meetings.

1.00 – 2.00 pm
Home visits. The practice area covers almost 150 square miles. We often travel 15-20 miles a day on visits,  so some time can often be taken travelling between calls.

2.00 – 3.30pm
Review all further blood and test results. Review all hospital, A&E, Out of Hours letters. Take telephone calls from patients about their test results. Patient care at Tarporley Hospital. Clinical meetings with doctors and nurses often occurs at this time. Meetings outside the practice eg prescribing, clinical commissioning group often occur at this time. Teaching with medical students. Teaching with trainee GP’s – occurs once a week for 2 hours. Type referral letters and carry out referrals for investigations from the day’s patient contacts. Complete various forms – medicals, insurance, benefits assessments.

3.30 – 6.00 pm
Afternoon surgery, usually 12 patients. The Duty Doctor covers until we close at 6.30pm and may have to take requests for late afternoon or evening visits, depending on clinical need; receive and act on any urgent test results that have been phoned or emailed to the practice.

After Surgery
Deal with any new queries and sign further prescriptions. Complete any work outstanding from the day.

Date published: 30 November 2014
Date last updated: 9 July 2021