welcome

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The Doctors and Staff of The Shaftesbury Practice would like to welcome you to Abbey View Medical Centre. We moved into our purpose built medical centre, which offers first class facilities for the provision of medical care, in January 1996. The information contained in this website should allow you to understand the organisation of the practice in order that you can access the services offered both freely and easily. The practice is part of the Dorset Primary Care Trust.

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How to see your doctor... The Practice operates a Flexible Access system, however from our recent surveys; it seems patients are not aware of which appointments are available. We've therefore produced a short guide outlining the appointments that are available from Abbey View Medical Centre - please visit our 'how to see your doctor' page for more information.

The practice is open between 08.30 and 18.30 Monday to Friday and from 18.30 to 20.00 twice a week, either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. We also have a branch surgery in Fontmell Magna which is open 08.30 to 11.30 Monday to Friday and 8.30 to 11.00 on the third Saturday of each month. To make an appointment to see a doctor in either surgery please see our “How to see your Doctor” page. The appointments desk is closed between 1 and 2pm every day.

If you need to make a routine telephone call to the surgery we would suggest that you try to leave your call until after 10.30 as the lines can be very busy before this time with patients contacting the appointments desk.

Please note, the surgery will be closed from 12 noon to 14.00 on the first Wednesday of the month for training purposes.

Rapid Access Clinic We also offer a Rapid Access Clinic which is provided by our Nurse Practitioner, Jenny Holding. Jenny is an Independent Prescriber in her own right, and can deal with a wide range of conditions including Contraception, Cystitis, Head Lice, HRT follow up, Rashes, Eczema, Shingles, Sexual Health including Chlamydia and STD screening, Upper and Lower respiratory tract infections, Warts/Cryotherapy, Worms and many others. Appointments are available daily. View Rapid Access Clinic Leaflet (PDF 41k)