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Reception
The reception is open during normal practice hours 8:30am - 6:00pm - Monday to Friday (Wem closes for lunch from 1:00 - 1:45pm - Please call 01939 235602 in an emergency). The reception team is headed by the practice manager. There will always be someone available at the front desk to answer queries or make appointments. All our secretaries and reception staff are fully qualified having undergone thorough training and continue to update their skills on a regular basis.

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Appointments
Appointments are 10 minutes (if you feel you need longer to discuss your problems please tell the staff when you are making your appointment). We reserve a small number of 5 minute appointments for emergencies on the day to assess our patients. These are not released until the day, so we have the appointments to deal with for URGENT problems. Urgent requests to see a doctor will not necessarily be with the doctor you are registered with. If you need to cancel your appointment, please give us as much notice as possible.

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Extended Access Surgeries - From Monday 29th March 2010
This service is for routine appointments only. Repeat prescription requests, sample or blood testing services will not be available. Please ask at reception for further details.
Consultations are strictly by appointment:

  • WEM : Monday evenings 6.30 pm – 8.30pm
  • PREES: Tuesday evenings 6.30pm– 8.30pm

Patients requiring urgent or emergency treatment should contact Shropdoc on 0844 068888 OR NHS Direct on 0845 4647 in the usual way.

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Home visits.
If you are not well enough to come to the surgery, please phone before 10:30am. Home visits are very time consuming and please remember that your problem will usually be dealt with more efficiently and quicker if you attend the surgery.

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Telephone advice
If you need to speak to your doctor on the telephone for advice, please call at 11:30am or leave a message with the receptionist and the doctor will return your call.

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Out of hours - 6:00pm - 9:00am weekdays, and weekends.
We are a member of SHROPDOC, the out-of-hours service - based in Whitchurch for the Wem area. All the doctors working for SHROPDOC are GP's working in surgeries.

  • Call 08444 068888.

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Locum Doctors
Occasionally we may have to substitute a different doctor from the one you may have been expecting to see. This may be another partner from Prees or Wem surgery or a locum doctor. It may be unavoidable for various reasons including holiday, sickness, emergency or essential training. Locums provide a valuable service and are as well-trained and qualified as the partners. They have to meet stringent standards to be allowed to practice within the Shropshire PCT area so please be assured you will receive the highest possible standard of attention.

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Teaching practice
We are a teaching practice which means we can help train medical students , student nurses and GPs in the final year of their higher professional training (Registrars ) . You may be offered appointments with a student , or asked if you would mind your consultation being videoed for training purposes. Your co-operation with this is greatly appreciated. Dr Bartlett also teaches at the hospital on a thursday morning and works as an assessor for the Royal College of GPs so frequently has his surgeries covered by a locum during these absences.

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Registrar
As part of our role as a teaching practice we usually have a doctor at the end of their training ( Registrar ) who will be working in the practice for a year. He or she will have normal surgeries at the same times as the regular doctors and will be available for consultations in the same way

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Surgery Times

WEM
01939 233476

Morning

Afternoon
Monday
8:30 - 10:30
4:00 - 5:40

Dr Richard Smith
Dr Jim Bartlett
Dr Ruth Oldroyd
.Dr Kate Miller

Dr Richard Smith
Dr Jim Bartlett
Dr Ruth Oldroyd
.Dr Kate Miller
Tuesday
8:30 - 10:30
4:00 - 5:30

Dr Richard Smith
Dr Jim Bartlett
.Dr Ruth Oldroyd

Dr Richard Smith
Dr Jim Bartlett
.Dr Ruth Oldroyd
Wednesday
8:30 - 10:30
4:00 - 5:30


Dr Richard Smith
Dr Patrick Beresford
.Dr. Catherine Rogers


Dr Richard Smith
Dr Patrick Beresford
.Dr. Catherine Rogers
Thursday
8:30 - 10:30
4:00 - 5:30

Dr Jim Bartlett
Dr Patrick Beresford
.Dr Kate Miller

Dr Jim Bartlett
Dr Patrick Beresford
.Dr Kate Miller
Friday
8:30 - 10:30
4:00 - 5:30

Dr Richard Smith
Dr Jim Bartlett
Dr Patrick Beresford
.Dr. Catherine Rogers

Dr Richard Smith
Dr Jim Bartlett
Dr Patrick Beresford
.Dr. Catherine Rogers

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PREES
01948 840206
 
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Monday
Appointments
from: 08.30
Dr. Guy Carter
.Dr Patrick Beresford

.Dr. Guy Carter
.Dr Patrick Beresford

Tuesday
Appointments
from: 08.30
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.Dr. Guy Carter
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.Dr. Guy Carter

Wednesday

Appointments
from: 08.30
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.Dr. Ruth Oldroyd
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.Dr. Ruth Oldroyd

Thursday

Appointments
from: 08.30

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.Dr. Guy Carter
.Dr. Catherine Rogers
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.Dr. Guy Carter
.Dr. Catherine Rogers

Friday

Appointments
from: 08.30
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.Dr. Guy Carter
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.Dr. Guy Carter

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