General Practice Access Routes

There are different ways that a patient can request help from a general GP practice. They can phone or visit the practice, go to the practice’s website and complete a convenient and secure form.

Familiarity with requesting help via a practice website is limited and even patients who are aware may use it reluctantly. Many may think that by requesting help via the website, they won’t get what they need – a face-to-face appointment, for example.

Furthermore, many patients don’t realise that regardless of how they contact their surgery – whether by phone, in person or using an online form – their practice will help them get the care they need, whether it’s a face-to-face appointment, a phone or video call or by sending a text or online message.