Your Responsibilities

Patients Have Responsibilities Too

• You should give the Primary Health Care Team the same courtesy you would expect to receive. Note: If anyone threatens, abuses or assaults any member of the team we may inform the police and remove them from the practice list.
• You should be on time for appointments or notify the practice in good time if an appointment cannot be kept.
• You should only request routine home visits for the housebound and the seriously ill.
• You should only request out-of-hours visits for emergencies.
• You should request repeat prescriptions in good time.
• You should take care of your own health by appropriate action, for example, by not smoking, avoiding excessive alcohol, eating a healthy diet and taking regular exercise.