The Surgery

read moreWelcome to Wembury Surgery, providing primary care for Wembury and surrounding areas. The named accountable GP for all patients registered at Wembury Surgery is Dr Matthew Waterman. Our website allows you to do a lot of things from the comfort of your home such as order a repeat prescription arrange a telephone consultation with one of our clinicians or look at your medical record online. Please note that all calls to the surgery are recorded for training and monitoring purposes. We want to make sure we communicate well with our patients and that you can read and understand the information we send you.

read moreThe more you know about your pregnancy and your options, the more you are likely to feel in control. The information given here is based on The Pregnancy Book, which your midwife should give you at your first appointment. Here's a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered to everyone in the UK for free on the NHS, and the age at which you should ideally have them. Having an ill child can be a very scary experience for parents. If you understand more about the illness it can help you to feel more in control.

read moreDue to an increased workload and demand for our Practice Nurse time we are not able to offer advice regarding travel vaccinations. You can request a printout of your vaccination history from reception (please allow 48 hours before collecting). You will be informed of any vaccinations you require including those available on the NHS. Cholera (in special circumstances), Tetanus, Diphtheria, Polio, Hep A and Typhoid are available to travellers as part of the NHS regime, therefore if you need a booster of any of these, we can provide this.

read moreWembury Surgery provides a range of online services, including ordering repeat prescriptions, booking telephone appointments and viewing your Summary Care Record. All of these services are accessible via The Waiting Room 2. If you have previously ordered your repeat prescriptions online, your account will automatically be upgraded to The Waiting Room 2 and these services will now be available to you. If you have NOT previously ordered your repeat prescriptions via our website, then you will need to create an account with The Waiting Room 2 in order to access these online services.

read moreIf you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know. Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff. Information about the General Practioners and the practice required for disclosure under this act can be made available to the public. All requests for such information should be made to the practice manager. In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Access to Health Records Act, patients may request to see their medical records.

read moreThe National Health Service provides most health care to most people free of charge, but there are exceptions: prescription charges have existed since 1951 and there are a number of other services for which fees are charged. Sometimes the charge is made to cover some of the cost of treatment, in other cases, it is because the service is not covered by the NHS, for example, providing copies of health records or producing medical reports for insurance companies. GPs are not employed by the NHS. They are self-employed and they have to cover their costs - staff, buildings, heating, lighting etc. in the same way as any small business.

read moreIf the death has been reported to the coroner (or Procurator Fiscal in Scotland) they must give permission before registering the death. You can register the death if you are a relative, a witness to the death, a hospital administrator or the person making the arrangements with the funeral directors. You can use the 'Register a Death' page on the gov.uk website that will guide you through the process. This will also explain the registration process for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some local councils run their own funeral services, for example for non-religious burials.

read moreYOU need to contact your insurers to make sure the proposed referral is covered under your insurance policy. If it isn't and you need and NHS referral instead, you must inform the practice immediately. We do not create private and NHS referrals simultaneously. YOU must find out from your insurers if the service you need is provided locally and where that is (it is not always at The Nuffield, Plymouth). In some specialist clinical areas, the nearest private consultant may be Exeter, Bristol or even London.