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GP Appointments

Our reception team are trained to ask for details of your medical problem to ensure an appointment is made with the appropriate clinician.

Please contact reception to arrange an appointment on 02920 353020.

Monday to Friday

Morning surgery: 8 am - 11 am   //   Afternoon surgery: 2 pm - 4.30 pm

Nurse Appointments

Monday to Wednesday

Morning surgery: 8 am - 12 noon   //   Afternoon surgery: 1 pm - 5 pm

Thursday

Morning surgery: 8 am - 12 noon   //   Baby Clinic: 1 pm - 3 pm

Friday

Morning surgery: 8 am - 12 noon

Our doors are now open and we are seeing most patients face-to-face. 

Unless told otherwise, your appointment will be face-to-face. If your appointment is a telephone appointment, we will give you a estimate timeframe of when to expect a call.

Please attend your appointment alone, if possible, and we ask that only one adult attends with a child.

You must wear a mask inside the surgery unless exempt.

Our receptionists will ask you for information to help direct you to the most appropriate healthcare professional. Please help them to help you, by providing information of what you would like to discuss in your appointment. This does not have to be detailed but will allow them to understand which clinician you should see. They will treat this information with upmost confidence.

Booking appointments: 

Pre-bookable, routine appointments can be made the GP of your choice a few weeks ahead of time. 

There are a number of GP appointments each day set aside for urgent, on the day problems. Please remember you may not be able to see your usual doctor. Appointments are limited so please only use this service if your problem is truly urgent. If you feel your problem is medically urgent that day, please call before 10.30am to request an urgent appointment for that morning, the receptionists will ask you information which allows the GPs to prioritise the most unwell people and to ensure you get the most appropriate care. You must be available for the GP to review you face to face at the surgery that morning. 

Out of listed surgery hours, the Emergency Duty Doctor will be advised of medically urgent requests by the reception team. The Duty Doctor is usually extremely busy so please only use this service if your problem is genuinely medically urgent and cannot wait until the next surgery.

Home visits should be requested by 11am. Requests for house calls will be assessed by the clinical team. Home visits are only for house bound patients.

 What To Expect From Your Local Surgery

Other helpful information

Please do not attend the surgery unless you have been asked to. If you have been asked to attend the surgery for an appointment, please remember to wear a mask while inside the practice.

Interpreter Services are available during appointments Cathays Surgery. They do not physically work at the practice so we will arrange the 'language line' service to take place during your appointment. If you require this service please inform reception when making your booking so that the service can be arranged for your appointment with the Doctor/Nurse. We will need to book a longer appointment for you, so it is important we are given notice that you require this service.

We cannot provide a translation/interpreter service when speaking to our reception team, so if you have difficulties speaking or understanding English, you may need to ask someone that can speak English to contact us on your behalf. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.

If you are a non-English speaker, please visit https://www.cathayssurgery.co.uk/page1.aspx?p=4&t=2 for information.  

Patients can be accompanied to their appointment by a carer, advocate and/or assistant.

All patients are entitled to have a chaperone present when an intimate examination or procedure will take place. In appropriate circumstances the chaperone may be a family member, a friend, or you may prefer a member of staff to be present. If you would like a chaperone please ask.

Lateness: Given the demands on doctors' and nurses' time, we cannot guarantee you will be seen if you arrive beyond the appointed time. If you are more than 10 minutes late for a face-to-face appointment, you may be asked to re-book your appointment. This is to ensure we provide the best service possible and so that all patients get a fair opportunity to discuss their problems.

Help and advice for sending images to the surgery

Sometimes we may ask patients to send in photos to help the doctor's assessment. Please see the PDF below for help and advice if you have been asked to take pictures to sent to the surgery via email.

Patient Guide on Taking Photos with a Smartphone or Tablet

ONLY SEND PHOTOGRAPHS TO US IF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BY A MEMBER OF STAFF. Any images we are not expecting to receive will be deleted.

Could you be seen by your local pharmacy?

Do you need to see the doctor today? You can now get FREE NHS ADVICE and FREE TREATMENT for a range of common ailments from our local community pharmacists without having to make an appointment with a GP. The introduction of this service will increase the NHS appointments available to our patients.

Local pharmacies providing this service are listed:

• Woodville Pharmacy (Woodville Road) are now offering the Choose Pharmacy service Monday – Friday.
• Crwys Pharmacy (Crwys Road) are now offering the Choose Pharmacy service Monday – Saturday.

For more information see the leaflet linked: https://111.wales.nhs.uk/pdfs/31912_Minor%20Ailments%20Services_Leaflet_English_FINAL%20WEB%2021.17.pdf

Sickness Certificates

The UK government has recently made some temporary changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Please see the GOV.uk website for the most up-to-date information.

You do not require a doctor's sickness certificate for any illness lasting seven days or less. Your employer may however require you to complete a self-certification form (SC2) which is available from your employer or on the HMRC website.

Evidence that you are sick

If you are sick for more than seven days, your employer can ask you to give them some form of medical evidence to support payment of SSP (statutory sick pay).

It is up to your employer to decide whether you are incapable of work. A medical certificate, now called a 'Statement of Fitness for Work’ (see below) from your doctor is strong evidence that you are sick and would normally be accepted, unless there is evidence to prove otherwise.

You could also provide evidence from someone who is not a medical practitioner, e.g. a dentist. Your employer will decide whether or not this evidence is acceptable. If your employer has any doubts, they may still ask for a medical certificate from your GP.

Statement of Fitness for Work - ’Fit Note'

The 'fit note' was introduced on 6 April 2010. With your employer's support, the note will help you return to work sooner by providing more information about the effects of your illness or injury.

For more information see the DirectGov website (where this information was sourced).