Medical students are occasionally attached to the practice. Patients will be advised by the receptionist when there is a student sitting in with their doctor. If this is unacceptable please inform the receptionist before you see the doctor.
Opening Hours
Monday – Friday: 08:30 – 18:00
Weekends & Bank Holidays Closed
Doors close between 13:00 and 14:00 for lunch
Telephones are not answered during lunch from 13.00 – 14.00.
Urgent Clinics for emergency appointments run at Providence Surgery, in Boscombe, every day between 08:30-10:00 for registered patients only.
Changes to administrative processes
The practice will shortly be making changes to our administrative processes which will help our staff to work both more efficiently and effectively as well as allowing us to more readily offer our patients a wider range of services from across our Primary Care Network (PCN). To facilitate these changes, we will be enabling additional […] More. . .
Coronavirus
If you are experiencing an acute respiratory infection of any degree of severity (including at least one of: shortness of breath, cough or sore throat) and have recently returned from Wuhan and Hubei Province, as well as other parts of China and East Asia, please do not attend the surgery in person. Instead, please stay indoors […] More. . .
SCMG – Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)
South Coast Medical Group are upgrading to the next phase of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) which will mean that almost all our prescriptions will be processed electronically from 21/01/2020. Electronic prescriptions help save the NHS money. You will receive your prescriptions in the same way as you do now. If you would like more information […] More. . .