{"id":2927,"date":"2019-02-14T15:59:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/?page_id=2927"},"modified":"2020-09-03T15:17:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:17:35","slug":"named-gp-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/about-us\/practice-policies\/at-the-practice\/named-gp-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Named GP Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of the NHS commitment to providing more personalised care, from June 2015 all practices are required to provide all their Patients with a named GP who will have overall responsibility for the care and support that our surgery provides. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>&nbsp;This will not&nbsp;impact your experience at the practice, the provision of appointments, your treatment, or which GP you can see<\/li><li>&nbsp;You may wonder why your allocated GP is not necessarily the one you see most regularly.&nbsp; Please be assured that you can still access all of our medical team in exactly the same way as before<\/li><li>&nbsp;Having a named GP does not guarantee you will always be seen by that GP<\/li><li>&nbsp;Please note that the GP responsible for your care may be subject to change and reallocation in the future<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You do not need to take any further action, but if you have any questions or wish to know who is your named GP, please speak to a member of the reception team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can patients choose their own named GP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first instance, patients should simply be allocated a named GP. However, if a patient requests a particular GP, reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate their preference, recognising that there are occasions when the practice may not feel the patient\u2019s preference is suitable.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do patients have to see the named GP when they book an appointment with the practice?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No. Patients can and should feel free to choose to see any GP or nurse in the practice in line with current arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the NHS commitment to providing more personalised care, from June 2015 all practices are required to provide all their Patients with a named GP who will have overall responsibility for the care and support that our surgery provides. \u00a0 &nbsp;This will not&nbsp;impact your experience at the practice, the provision of appointments, your &#8230; <a title=\"Named GP Policy\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/about-us\/practice-policies\/at-the-practice\/named-gp-policy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Named GP Policy\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6577921,"featured_media":2242,"parent":5939,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdobeStock_75851710-e1549660506919.jpeg",2037,686,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdobeStock_75851710-e1549660506919-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdobeStock_75851710-e1549660506919-300x101.jpeg",300,101,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdobeStock_75851710-e1549660506919-768x259.jpeg",768,259,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdobeStock_75851710-e1549660506919-1024x345.jpeg",1024,345,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdobeStock_75851710-e1549660506919.jpeg",1536,517,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdobeStock_75851710-e1549660506919.jpeg",2037,686,false],"mailpoet_newsletter_max":["https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdobeStock_75851710-e1549660506919.jpeg",1320,445,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Editor","author_link":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/author\/gary-genpra\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"As part of the NHS commitment to providing more personalised care, from June 2015 all practices are required to provide all their Patients with a named GP who will have overall responsibility for the care and support that our surgery provides. \u00a0 &nbsp;This will not&nbsp;impact your experience at the practice, the provision of appointments, your&hellip;","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-05-05 06:49:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6577921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2927\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brunelmedicalcentre.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}