Knebworth & Marymead Practice
7 St Martins Road, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, SG3 6ERContact details and opening times
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Review titled 5 star service
Rated 5 stars out of 5
by Jeanne Walsh - Posted on 11 July 2024
5 Star service at Knebworth and Marymead surgery today. Completed the triage, 20 minutes later I was called for an appointment with a senior clinician who was brilliant. A Dr was called for a second opinion who was so kind and helpful. The matter was dealt with compassion and professionalism. I’m very grateful.
Visited July 2024
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Review titled Does anyone read the reviews?
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 18 June 2024
I don’t understand how this practice works these days. I waited 56 mins ( I was 6th in the queue), only to be told that I couldn’t be seen at Marymead. There seem to be no appointments at Marymead anymore, as I am constantly directed to Knebworth. I don’t drive and am a carer to my husband who has Alzheimer’s. To get to and from knebworth means taking 4 buses in total. As the bus service is appalling, it can take more than 3 hours to attend an appointment. I rarely see a GP, more likely to be a PA or other clinician. There is no continuity of care. Who is actually in charge of this surgery now?
Visited June 2024
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Review titled Lack of information
Rated 2 stars out of 5
by Mr Christopher Main - Posted on 14 June 2024
The Total Triage system is a waste of time. Web site says it's open from 0800hrs but when you try & log in this part doesn't open until 0830hrs. Total lack of information on opening times so I rang the surgery to find out what was going on which defeats the object of the service.
Visited June 2024
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Review titled In person communication failures
Rated 1 star out of 5
by James T - Posted on 24 June 2024
Do not answer the phone, I endeavoured to gain resolve or even an answer over the phone. Lastest experience, I used Four Mobile phones and Two Landlines at 07.59 until 09.17, highest in queue Seventeenth place. Impossible to E-mail either of the surgeries, either directly or via their useless web service. Closing thought. Health care is a personal 'people' business..... Yet the reception window at Marymead, has been blocked off for over a year!!!
Visited June 2024
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Review titled Cancellations
Rated 3 stars out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 17 May 2024
I am not able to cancel an appointment due to the on line system consistently being ‘temporarily closed’ due to overload! We are constantly reminded of how much it costs the NHS each time we fail to arrive for an appointment yet frustratingly the system actively prevents cancellation. Is there some way this can be altered so that cancellations alone at least can be acknowledged
Visited May 2024
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Review titled Terrible management of appointment booking
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 17 May 2024
I first went online to use systmonline to try to book an appointment, going through the practice home page and it wouldn't let me log in, and wouldn't reset my password. I then tried total triage and it was "outside of core hours" So I finally phoned up the surgery and sat waiting for 40 minutes. On getting through I was told - Systmonline doesn't operate any more - Total triage opens from 8:30am and 2:00pm each week day and stays open only until a certain number of requests have been submitted - And finally that reception does not book appointments, so that was a waste of time and I have to try pot luck next week. How can people think that that is the way anything can be run. I can see why they do it, so they don't have to deal with the volume of people actually needing a doctor.
Visited May 2024
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Review titled Online service
Rated 4 stars out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 10 May 2024
I appreciate that the surgery are providing more online services to cope with demand and this seems a really helpful idea. I have logged in online and wish to book a 16week midwife appt and whooping cough vaccine for 4 weeks time. However the ‘book appointment’ form says there are no available appointments for the next 2months. And there is nowhere else to register your request. Perhaps a section to update your details if pregnant, or a request form to fill in for receptionists to process would be helpful? Instead I am left with no option but to phone which is so very busy these days. I have so far been waiting in the phone queue for 30mins and am number 4 in the queue. Perhaps more receptionists may be helpful but I guess there is no budget for that.
Visited May 2024
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Review titled Lack of support
Rated 2 stars out of 5
by Paul - Posted on 09 May 2024
My son who is 13 has had a bad stomach for a while and is being sick after physical activity and missing out on school. I appreciate that surgeries and doctors alike are under stress and a lot of this is down to lack of funding from a criminal government but it’s hard enough to get in contact with the surgery as it is without it taking 45+ minutes to get through on a call or the online triage ceasing an hour after it has started at 8.30am. My son is 13, shouldn’t be ill like this or missing school. Surely, children should be a priority to be seen and not have to wait 4 weeks for an appointment.
Visited May 2024
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Review titled Outstanding, Surprisingly.
Rated 3 stars out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 10 May 2024
I'd put off seeking an appointment for some time, partly based on dispiriting past experiences of dealing with reception staff and the woeful on-line booking system, and also the daily stories about long waits etc. However, I was given a link to a new website, which, though I object to having to fill in a form online at all, still less to hazard a guess about what my symptoms might mean in response to a question 'what are you worried about', (words to that effect), the system worked perfectly. Within an hour or so I had a medical student call and take a detailed case history of the two concerns I had, within about three hours I was with the doctor at Marymead surgery and by the end of the consultation I felt that action was being taken. I don't know if I was lucky on this occasion, or whether my 'senior' age had something to do with it, but really, I don't see how it could have gone better. The only annoying/disappointing factors were a three week wait for blood tests, and the fact that when I went to deliver samples the next day as requested, the surgery was closed. If I'd been told the surgery would be closed I could have obviously saved a wasted journey. All in all though, it would be churlish to complain too much about this. I wanted to see a doctor and got to see one within a few hours, so from my point of view it was mission accomplished.
Visited April 2024
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Review titled Not an 'Efficient Online Request Service'
Rated 3 stars out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 22 April 2024
The triage system is user friendly, easy to navigate and clear. However nothing then happens, no acknowledgement, no appointment, no way of following progress. Did my request go into cyber space? What's the point in insisting this is the route to use when it results in nothing? I dare not call and have my ears bitten off by disgruntled staff ..... all I want is an appointment ... I am surely entitled to that as is everyone else. I appreciate everyone is busy - I am too! Very busy - and Im willing to wait for an appointment, so all in all, I'm doing my best to be a good service user but even I have a breaking point.
Visited April 2024
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