Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Wollaton Vale, Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 2GRContact details and opening times
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Review titled Appointment Experience
Rated 2 stars out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 19 August 2024
I arrived slightly late for my appointment as I through it was 8:50am and was turned away, for the sake of asking me to wait and have the nurse see me for what is only a few minutes I’ve had to rebook for later in the week. Whereas, I’ve experienced significant delays before and expected to wait?
Visited August 2024
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 19 August 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry that you are not happy with the level of service you have received. We have a Practice policy in place to try and help keep the clinics running to time which unfortunately means patients arriving late will be asked to rebook. We appreciate that sometimes patients may experience delays when waiting for their appointment due to more complex patients taking a little longer than expected. Again, we apologise that you were not happy with this service. If you would like to discuss your concerns further, please contact the Practice and ask to speak to a member of the management team.
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Review titled Ridiculous telephone queue
Rated 2 stars out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 25 July 2024
I made a point of calling the practice during "quieter times" (12-2pm) as the recorded message suggests. I called at 13:16 and was told there were 3 people in the queue and my estimated wait time was around 9 minutes. After 20 minutes, there were 2 people in front of me, wait time was around 7 minutes, etc until I was first in the queue. I remained first in the queue until 13:56 when I thought 40 minutes is long enough (my lunch break from work is only 30 minutes), and the next set of appointments opens at 2pm so they will be inundated with calls. I cancelled the call. 40 Minutes during the quieter period!!!!! This is totally unacceptable. Very disappointed.
Visited July 2024
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 26 July 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry that you are not happy with the level of service you have received. We are aware of the difficulties faced with the current phone system and are in the process of having a new system put in place. The new system will allow us to monitor call queues and will also have a call back feature meaning patients will be able to have a call back instead of waiting on hold for a period of time. If you would like to discuss your concerns further, please contact the surgery and ask to speak to a member of the Management team who would be happy to help.
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Review titled Poor
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Shadin Chakraborty - Posted on 18 June 2024
I went to the practice this morning 08:40 (18.06.2024) to drop of 2 samples. The Dr e h, I saw yesterday instructed me to provide the samples in a specific way and the receptionist questioned this in a rude, aggressive and unprofessional manner. She is not clinically trained and should not presume what the sample was for. I suggest she has need of training in how to deal with patients
Visited June 2024
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 28 June 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you are not happy with the level of service that you have received. We are unable to discuss confidential matters on a public forum but if you would like to discuss your concerns further, please contact the surgery and ask to speak to a member of the management team who would be happy to help.
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Review titled Saved my life!
Rated 5 stars out of 5
by Louise Nehra - Posted on 26 June 2024
A huge thank you to the Doctor for sending me to the hospital! I think he saved my life as I was mis-diagnosed at A and E days earlier and actually had a serious illness. He listened to my concerns and acted accordingly. Fantastic Doctor with great character too!
Visited June 2024
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 28 June 2024
Thank you for taking the time to leave a lovely review. We are glad to hear that you were happy with the level of service and treatment that you had received. We will pass your comments on to the Doctor.
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Review titled Poor time management
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 02 May 2024
Aside from agreeing with the other reviewers that it’s difficult to get an appointment, if/when you do manage to get an appointment, expect to be kept waiting no matter the time of day. This practice is consistently overrunning, and are quite unapologetic about it. Today I was kept waiting 20 minutes for an appointment, that was already rescheduled to a later one, then I was kept waiting a further 15 minutes at reception to book a follow up appointment, meaning I was 30 minutes later to work than I had expected to be. You’re very lucky if you get a doctor who cares (today, I was, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to see the same doctor again or if he was a locum) - previous experiences have left me feeling fobbed off and hopeless about a chronic condition. Deer Park really needs to do much better for its patients.
Visited May 2024
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 31 May 2024
We are sorry that your recent experience was not as your expected. Sometimes due to the illness that the patients present with the Doctor needs more time to deal with the problem which can result in the clinics running late. If you would like to discuss this further please contact a member of the management team who would be happy to discuss this further with you.
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Review titled Awful experience
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 29 May 2024
Tried to ring in my lunch hour. Despite being told was first in queue and would be 3 mins to answer I had to end call at 23 mins as no answer. This is a regular occurrence. Do they not care? Do they have enough reception staff to answer the calls or are they sacrificing service for other reasons?
Visited May 2024
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 31 May 2024
We apologise you did not receive the level of service that you would expect when contacting the practice - we are aware that there are limitations within our current telephone system and we are currently awaiting the installation of a new system. We hope this will help to resolve some of the difficulties you have experienced.
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Review titled Very disappointed; poor experience.
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 11 December 2023
Following an 6+ week old injury; I have booked an appointment with a doctor. Having described the symptom, the doctor took notes with very little interaction. They observed the inflammation and bruising; without applying pressure to the area and despite describing a pain of 8/10; decided not to pursue with an investigation. I was prescribed strong pain killers and a physio appointment. The appointment lasted 10 minutes and the doctor did not make eye contact. After 2 weeks of taking the pain killers, I attended the prescribed physio appointment. Whilst the doctor did take a closer look and also observed the bruise ans inflammation; they applied pressure around the area but dismissed the source of the pain despite me pointing it out. Within 15 minutes, I was sent home and advised to call for a renewed prescription for pain killers if the pain continued and an email with exercises on an attached document; with no support or demonstrations on how to do the exercise correctly. Overall, I feel like I was not listened to, and dismissed. After 2 consultations, and no improvements to the injury; I can summarise the advise given as taking pain killers for an undefined period of time and nothing was done to understand the source of the pain. Very poor experience.
Visited December 2023
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 31 May 2024
We are sorry that you were not satisfied following your recent appointments at the practice - on these occasions if a patient is unhappy with elements of their care we would advise you to speak to a member of the management team who will be happy to look into your concerns
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Review titled Appointments
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 06 November 2023
Went to reception 12.30pm monday to make an appointment with Dr on Friday when next got a day off.Told had to ring 8am Wednesday for Fri 48 hr appointment, yet on the homepage it states appointments can be made up to 4 weeks in advance? Queried this to be told had to ring 8am Wednesday!!! Very confusing and extremely annoying booking system, especially when I actually went in person,and was not advised can book upto 4 weeks in advance. No doubt when I try to ring I will be on hold for ages,to be told nothing available on that day Terrible appt service
Visited November 2023
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 31 May 2024
we are sorry that you did not receive the service that you expected when you tried to book an appointment. The current system allows appointments to be booked up to 4 weeks ahead and some 2 working days ahead - the pre-bookable appointments are limited according to the number of Doctors working on any particular day - hence on some weeks there are limited slots available - if you have access to on-line you can also see the pre-bookable appointments as well. We are aware of the limitations of our current telephone system and we can confirm that we are due to have a new system installed soon which will hopefully help to resolve some of the problems you have experienced
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Review titled Professional and Caring Doctors
Rated 5 stars out of 5
by Pauline Shearstone - Posted on 26 June 2023
I have been with this practise over 40 years ,even though l see different doctors they all so caring and have time to listen . I think we are lucky to have such great doctors in our area
Visited June 2023
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 14 July 2023
Thank you for your lovely comments - they are much appreciated. Your comments will be fed back to the team at the next practice meeting.
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Review titled Very good practice but ...
Rated 4 stars out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 18 January 2023
Review: I would have given 5 stars in this review but for my experience recently. I called the practice to ask for a prescription for numbing cream after my son who is autistic and 10 years old had been asked to book for a blood test. I had called the phlebotomy service number previously provided by deer park to book the appointment and had an appointment at the health centre's phlebotomy service. When speaking to the receptionist I happened to mention that the appointment had been booked at the health centre but she quite sharply and almost rudely said to me 'we do not do blood tests at our practice'. I tried to tell her that my understanding was that there was a phlebotomy service at the health centre similar to the midwifery service not provided by deer park. I didn't manage to get a word in but again was sharply told to call the phlebotomy service to rearrange the blood test appointment as no service like that existed at the health centre. I called the phlebotomy service back who confirmed what I thought . Please let your receptionist know about this service and perhaps next time if they are not sure about something or a patient has been told otherwise they can ask another colleague to confirm. I want to add that I've been to the surgery a few times in the last few months and both receptionists and GPs I encountered were wonderful.
Visited January 2023
Review titled Deer Park Family Medical Practice
Replied on 14 July 2023
I'm sorry to hear that you had a negative experience with the staff at Deer Park. We have regular meetings with the staff so we will pass your comments back and we are looking at ways of ensuring that we have updated information on services that are run by the Health Centre so the staff are aware of these.