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"Poor Service"

About: Yardley Wood Health Centre

I am surprised at this Health Centre. Being a medical person, it grieves me to see how difficult it is to get appointments. There have been several weeks where the appointment booking site has been saying ''outside of core hours'', even during the usual opening hours of the practice, and not near the end of the day. Now, for the 3rd week in a row, it says the appointments have been temporarily suspended and to call if need appointment same day, however the phone lines rarely get answered, and if someone answers, they tell you to go online, for same day appointments, and are already full up for that day, really. Other local practices to Ywhc, using the same appointment booking site, say the request will be read either in 1 working day or 2 working days. Appointments with the doctors is quite hit and miss as is the whole service Ywhc supposedly offer. The website could do with an overhaul as well. Patients who are vulnerable and have mental health issues, are still not being treated as good as we would expect within the NHS at Ywhc. Seems to me Cqc need to do an up to date visit and report since there hasn't been one since 2019. Overall I would advise people to give this place a wide birth, which as an NHS professional, it's quite hard to say. Also seeing other reviews and replies, I was quite surprised how someone's review had been responded to online, for everyone to view and how extremely unprofessional the response had been.

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Response from Yardley Wood Health Centre 2 weeks ago
Yardley Wood Health Centre
Submitted on 30/04/2024 at 10:30
Published on nhs.uk at 10:30


Dear Dr Chauhan

Thank you for taking the time to complete a review of the practice; I am sorry you have experienced issues with our online service – can I ask that you raise this as a complaint via our email address (nhsbsolicb.receptionywhc@nhs.net) so I can investigate further? Our website is regularly updated and we have received quite positive feedback from our patients about the ease of use of the site so I am sorry you have not enjoyed a similar experience. We’re actively looking for new members to our Patient Participation Group (PPG) and considering the strong views you have shared, we would value your input – if you would like to join our friendly group, please do include this in the email, I hope you will send to the reception email address. Regarding CQC; we had a focused assessment on the 12th March where the key focus was access. I am pleased to share that the assessor was really impressed with the hard work the entire team had put into improving access of services to our patients; especially to our vulnerable cohort. The report will be published soon and is a great read! I hope we can pick this up offline and delve further into the challenges you have faced.

Kind Regards

Sophia

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