Consulting with a doctor or nurse is always confidential. There may be occasions when you wish to be accompanied by a member of your family or a friend. This is often helpful, leading to a better outcome from the consultation.
If you arrive alone but would like another person present during a consultation, usually during an examination, please ask at reception or point this out to the doctor or nurse. They may ask if you would prefer this prior to any examination. It is more difficult for us to provide a chaperone early in the morning and at the end of the day.
There could be occasions when a doctor or nurse also feels it appropriate to have a colleague present in the consultation. This would always be explained to you in advance.

The practice takes a strong lead in the training of GP registrars, who are already doctors but are undertaking specialist GP training as part of their ongoing training programme. We are also involved in the training of medical students.
There may be a time when you book an appointment and are informed that the doctor has a student/registrar in attendance. If you do not wish them to be present please try and arrange an alternative appointment. It is vital that the students/registrars learn from real consultations: your support is essential for their success.
Some consultations may be videoed for teaching purposes, but if you do not wish to be videoed, please let us know and the camera will be switched off.

The practice works closely with the Primary Care Research Network (PCRN) to implement research studies with the aim of helping GPs and nurses to improve patient care. The PCRN has a large portfolio of studies, most of which are running at many surgeries across England. We have carefully selected a range of these studies to become involved in that which we feel will be relevant to our patients. This means that our patients will have the option to participate in research covering such areas as diabetes, respiratory disease and chronic kidney disease if they wish.