More Wandsworth GPs increase opening hours

More than three-quarters of Wandsworth GPs have now increased their opening hours to offer patients appointments at more convenient times. Nearly 80% of surgeries in the borough now open longer hours according to the latest figures released yesterday by the Department of Health. Check out your surgery hours now and see if they suit you better. If they do not, bring it up with your GP or the practice patients’ group.

Health by any other name would smell as sweet?

Wandsworth PCT is changing its name to NHS Wandsworth as of March this year. You may not notice an immediate change since the changeover is to be a gradual one over the next 12 months as they run out of the old stationery. The initials PCT never meant much to people and hence the change to a name which, it is hoped, will mean more to users of health services in Wandsworth.

The PCT adds that ‘the move is in accordance with the Government’s plan to persuade more patients to be treated at sites run by their PCT, including GP surgeries, rather than going into hospitals, which are operated by separate trusts. We hope the simplified name will help patients to better understand the services available to them…’

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