Avon Valley Practice

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I make a request to my Practice?

To make a request to your Practice select the service that you require.

You will be prompted for information about your request. When you complete a request this will be sent to your practice. The system acknowledges that your request has been sent and will let you know what happens next.

The Practice handles the requests during their normal working day, i.e. if you send a request on Friday pm the Practice won’t normally see it until Monday morning.

How do I receive the responses from the Practice?

On some services, such as Ask the Practice a question and Ask the Doctor a question once the Practice has processed your request they will send you a response. This response will be sent to the email address that you have given in the form.

For security purposes the email will ask that you verify your identification. Once you have completed this the message from the surgery will be shown for you to read.

Security of your information

This service always uses fully encrypted connections, the same security as used in internet banking. If you look at the right of the address bar, you will see a small padlock icon. This indicates that you are using a secure link and that your data is encrypted.

As an additional measure your information is held encrypted until the practice need to view it. It is then sent to the practice still encrypted and only converted to readable text at the practice.

Tracking users

We track how you use our Digital Practice but we don’t collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) while you’re browsing. This means that you can’t be personally identified. We use Google Analytics software to track:

The pages you visit

How long you use the site

How you got to the site and what links you clicked on.

We haven’t given Google permission to share this data with anyone else.

How is the Digital Practice updated?

We are continuously working on this site to make sure that the information is accurate and up to date. The digital practice is also continuously updated based on the results of user testing, feedback from members of the public and from your practice and other practices who are using this system.

Suggestions for improvement of the Digital Practice

We are always looking for ways to improve this service and would welcome your suggestions. Please send your comments to suggestions@siliconpractice.co.uk

Links to external sites

Digital Practice links to external organisations when that service is essential for helping a patient complete a task or when helping patients find a service.

Doctors

Patients are free to choose the doctor they wish to see and every reasonable effort will be made to achieve this, whenever feasible.

GPs:

Dr Fiona Ross Russell
Dr Ian Green
Dr Edward Millar-Craig
Dr Harriet Plumridge
Dr Peter Atkinson

We are also a training practice which means medical students and doctors in training undertake placements with us.

Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Practitioners are advanced nurses who undertake extensive additional training to diagnose and treat many common ailments. They can also prescribe. Our team comprises:

Cathy Richards
Alison O’Donnell
Matthew Peasey

Nurses and Health Care Assistants

There is a nurse available every day to help you with any problems not requiring a doctor. Our nursing team is available by appointment only and comprises:

Sister Susie Orr (Practice Nurse)
Sister Amanda Beaumont (Practice Nurse)
Sister Sally Qajar (Practice Nurse)
Louise Mundy (Health Care Assistant)
Lauren Mercer-Johnson (Health Care Assistant)
Jessica Bennett (Health Care Assistant)

Avon Valley Practice