Unity Healthcare - Clements

Reviews (241)

Staff are very nice

October 25, 2019
Its difficult to get an appointment but once you do get through the staff are very nice, you can't fault them. You do have to wait quite a while sometimes before you get called into the surgery, improved communication around this would be good.
Anonymous

Satisfied overall

October 25, 2019
The doctors do vary, I usually have to wait 5-10 mins before the phone is answered. Overall though I am satisfied with this surgery.
Anonymous

Access to surgery by phone is difficult

October 25, 2019
Its difficult to get an appointment, getting access to the surgery by phone is very difficult, I do wish this could be better. I sometimes just drive up to the surgery to speak with the receptionist face to face.
Anonymous

It's wonderful once you get an appointment

October 25, 2019
To get an appointment it is very difficult, but if you get the appointment its wonderful here.
Anonymous

Difficult to get an appointment

October 25, 2019
It is difficult to get an appointment on the phone and I wish I could just come in and wait to be seen by a GP however long it takes. I don't feel the GP's are providing good value for money and I think they are paid way too much for what they do.
Anonymous

I would like to see better communication

October 25, 2019
The receptionists are lovely apart from one who is rude. I would like to see better communication especially when the medical staff are running late. I do feel that one of the female doctors saved by life 6 years ago.
Anonymous

Awful only emergency appointments,

April 1, 2019
Only allowed to book an emergency appoint, have to phone on the day for an appoint, and can never get through. No routine appoints. Receptionists having to know why your phoning, my records are not even correct,
Sharon atherton

Reply from Unity Healthcare - Clements

The surgery apologises for the experience you have encountered in making an appointment and any service that has not met your expectations.

At 0800 & 1300 daily, we release appointments just for “on the day”. These are for a variety of different staff including GP’s, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Prescribers, Physician Associates, Advanced Emergency Care Practitioners, Pharmacists and Physiotherapists.

Patients are able to phone or access online for the purpose of booking in advance for nurse appointments, especially blood tests and chronic disease related matters. It is best to phone for such appointments outside the peak times stated above.

The demand of 17500 patients does mean appointments are booked daily. The Surgery use to have a walk in on the day service. Based upon GP's leaving the surgery because of the pressure this caused, an alternative system was introduced and the Surgery has manged to stop the flow of clinicians leaving and are attracting GP's to consider coming to the Surgery.

It is important that your records are accurate. Please write to me at the Surgery and inform me what is incorrect.

Thank you for the time to comment on the Surgery.

Andy Cutting
Service Manager


Provider responded

If I could rate it a zero I would!

March 21, 2019
Rude receptionist, severe lack of appointments, had to call 36 times to sit in a queue for over an hour. Terrible.
Anonymous

Reply from Unity Healthcare - Clements

The surgery apologises for the experience you have encountered in making an appointment and any service that has not met your expectations.

At 0800 & 1300 daily, we release appointments just for “on the day”. These are for a variety of different staff including GP’s, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Prescribers, Physician Associates, Advanced Emergency Care Practitioners, Pharmacists and Physiotherapists.

Patients are able to phone or access online for the purpose of booking in advance for nurse appointments, especially blood tests and chronic disease related matters. It is best to phone for such appointments outside the peak times stated above.

The Reception Team are trained Care Navigators. They are required to identify who is best to make an appointment for from the range of clinicians working in the Surgery. They must stick to a routine of questions per occasion. The demand of 17500 patients means the appointments each day are taken.

I apologise if the factual routine adopted response in answering calls has offended you.

Andy Cutting
Service Manager


Provider responded

No continuity of Care

March 5, 2019
Appointment system is incompatible with full time work - both telephoning for an appointment (which has to be at 08:00 - when one is driving to work) and attending an appointment. You can only get same a day appointment, so you have to take a day off work in advance because you have no idea (until 08:00 or 13:00 on the same day) what time your appointment will be. Then if you are unlucky, you will be told that in fact there are no appointments that day and you will have to phone back tomorrow!
For routine appointments for an ongoing condition it would be useful to be able to book an appointment 2 weeks ahead (for example), so that you can plan and juggle work/life/commitments.
Seeing the same doctor for ongoing investigations into a chronic condition would be reassuring and sensible. You never see the same doctor twice at this surgery.
Anonymous

Reply from Unity Healthcare - Clements

Thank you for your comments on the Surgery. Initially, I apologise for the experience you have encountered in making an appointment and any service that has not met your expectations. It is acknowledged that working people need a wider access to services.

At 0800 & 1300 daily, we release appointments just for “on the day”. These are for a variety of different staff including GP’s, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Prescribers, Physician Associates, Advanced Emergency Care Practitioners, pharmacists and physiotherapists.

Patients are able to phone or access online for the purpose of booking in advance for nurse appointments, especially blood tests and chronic disease related matters.

We are continuously looking to make improvements to support patients better. We are currently looking at new initiatives in how to reach out and working with the Patient Participation Group, will see progress in the future.

Andy Cutting
Service Manager


Provider responded

No respect towards people who needs care

February 22, 2019
I called Gp explaining situation about my 2 years old daughter who has chest infection. Lady on the phone was rude didn't listen and worse she put phone down.
Jadwiga Kloc

Reply from Unity Healthcare - Clements

The surgery apologises for the experience you have encountered and any service that has not met your expectations.

If I can be of any further assistance and inform you more, please contact me at the Surgery, where I would be happy to discuss this.

Andy Cutting
Service Manager


Provider responded

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