Ship Street Surgery
Ship Street, East Grinstead, RH19 4EEContact details and opening times
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Review titled Lack of service
Rated 1 star out of 5
by James day - Posted on 28 April 2023
I called to book a appointment for the next day as they said that there was no more appointments for the day I called got to first place in the que only to be left on hold for 10 mins listening to the same message over and over again the reception should pick up the phone even if they have no more appointments for that day very unhappy with the service
Visited April 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 12 May 2023
Dear James I am sorry to see that you have struggled to contact the Practice via the telephone. We are currently experiencing increased demand on our telephone lines and our patient services team has been working very hard to answer calls under the additional pressure. I recognise that difficulties in accessing the Practice can be extremely frustrating for our patients and I apologise unreservedly for any upset or inconvenience. Kind regards Patient Experience Team
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Review titled Improving contact with the surgery
Rated 3 stars out of 5
by John Vermeer - Posted on 04 April 2023
I may have missed it but it would be useful if I could contact the surgery by email. I wish to book an appointment (after receiving a text message from the doctor). The wait time on the telephone is about 20 mins and this is very expensive. If the email facility is available it needs to be more clearly indicated on the Modality website. Regards.
Visited April 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 12 May 2023
Dear John I am sorry to see that you have struggled to contact the Practice via the telephone. We are currently experiencing increased demand on our telephone lines and our patient services team has been working very hard to answer calls under the additional pressure. I recognise that difficulties in accessing the Practice can be extremely frustrating for our patients and I apologise unreservedly for any upset or inconvenience. Kind regards Patient Experience Team
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Review titled Terrible surgery!
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 29 March 2023
Called at 8:30 when the appointments line opens, was in a queue waited for the call til I was first in the queue half hour later there was no appointments for that day even though I called first thing, it’s disgusting very unhelpful and disinterested!
Visited March 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 12 May 2023
Dear Patient I am sorry that when you contacted the surgery you could not be offered an appointment. We are currently experiencing increased demand on our services and only have a limited number of appointments available. Please be assured our clinicians are working to their full capacity and new appointments are available daily. Kind regards Patient Experience Team
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Review titled Awful
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 27 March 2023
Having been with Ship Street Surgery for 18 years now I've never known it to be so badly run. Since becoming part of the Modality Group they have become almost impossible to contact. My family and I are not constant users of our GP practice but twice in the last 12 months we've needed their help / assistance and it's impossible. I'd go so far as to say they are an absolute joke. This morning I've been on hold 3 times, totalling over 1 hour, each time "1st in the queue"; only to wait 20 minutes (remaining 1st in the queue) only to then be hung up on. Terrible terrible service and not what I expect from our NHS.
Visited March 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 12 May 2023
Dear Patient I am sorry to see that you have struggled to contact the Practice via the telephone. We are currently experiencing increased demand on our telephone lines and our patient services team has been working very hard to answer calls under the additional pressure. I recognise that difficulties in accessing the Practice can be extremely frustrating for our patients and I apologise unreservedly for any upset or inconvenience. Kind regards Patient Experience Team
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Review titled Unsafe Systems in Place
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Helen S - Posted on 01 March 2023
I went in person to Ship Street Surgery on Monday afternoon at about 2.30pm to request an appointment with one of the GPs which was time sensitive and needed to be arranged before I am out of the country for two weeks. I explained the GP had advised me to make another appointment before my prescription was due for renewal if certain side effects were experienced (which they had been), and my prescription was due to run out shortly before going away. I did not consider it safe to leave the country for two weeks without the correct prescription and medical advice. I was told by the receptionist that they were booking 3 weeks ahead, but there were no appointments currently available. She specified that the latest batch of new appointments would be opened up after 5.30pm on Wednesday and that I should therefore ring the surgery then. I specifically asked if these appointments would be like the emergency appointments - ie no point phoning, because even if you are told you are number 3 or 4 in the queue, they consistently tell you once you get through that there are in fact no appointments left already, without being able to explain how this is possible (which was why I had turned up at the surgery in person). I was told that this was not the case with the "routine" appointments and was told I would definitely get an appointment if I phoned after 5.30pm on Wednesday. I therefore rearranged a commitment on Wednesday at 5.30pm specifically so that I could contact the surgery to make my appointment. I was number 2 in the telephone queue. On getting through, I was told it was untrue that the appointments open up at 5.30pm on a Wednesday, they could in fact open up pretty much any time from 2pm, and some more might open up at 8.30am tomorrow, and by the way, there were already no appointments left for 3 weeks time, anyway. So I am left in the situation I specifically explained I could not afford to be left in - without an appointment before I leave the country for 2 weeks. Since the Modality Partnership took over Ship Street, the service provided has gone so far downhill that it has become extremely unsafe - there is no access to GPs, just an utterly incompetent system where even the receptionists have absolutely no clue what is going on and entire mornings, afternoons or evenings of patients' time are wasted in pointless telephone queues, or standing in line in person at the surgery for equally pointless reasons, as the end result is never to achieve seeing a doctor.
Visited March 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 06 March 2023
Dear Helen I am sorry to hear that you are unhappy with the level of service at the practice. You are welcome to submit a feedback form on our website if you would like me to look into this further. https://www.modalitypartnership.nhs.uk/contact Kind Regards, Patient Experience Team
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Review titled Terrible phone answering
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Trevor Budgen - Posted on 13 March 2023
Three times i have got to number 1 in the que only to be timed out how the hell is anyone able to get through to the receptionist. The service stinks why don't you employ more telephonist its not rocket science.
Visited March 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 24 March 2023
Dear Trevor I am sorry to see that you have struggled to contact the Practice via the telephone. We are currently experiencing increased demand on our telephone lines and our patient services team has been working very hard to answer calls under the additional pressure. We continue to recruit staff to answer these calls. I recognise that difficulties in accessing the Practice can be extremely frustrating for our patients and I apologise unreservedly for any upset or inconvenience. Kind regards Patient Experience Team
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Review titled Unsafe
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Anonymous - Posted on 23 March 2023
At this surgery patients are unable to access routine appointments, therefore a risk serious illness or progression/complications will be undiagnosed. Patients will then need to access emergency services, A and E, emergency admission to hospital. Putting unnecessary strain on the strugging health system. This GP surgery must sort out its failing appointment system. It's failing patients and staff.
Visited March 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 24 March 2023
Dear Patient I am sorry that when you contacted the surgery you could not be offered an appointment. We are currently experiencing increased demand on our services and only have a limited number of appointments available. Please be assured our clinicians are working to their full capacity and new appointments are available daily. Kind regards Patient Experience Team
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Review titled Poor help
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Gemma - Posted on 16 March 2023
Can't get an appoint at 08.00 all full. Was no help with anything, was advised to phone 111 or go a&e. Not Happt.. can't even book an appointment for the next day. I can't even talk to someone who I can understand. Very not happy
Visited March 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 24 March 2023
Dear Gemma I am sorry that when you contacted the surgery you could not be offered an appointment. We are currently experiencing increased demand on our services and only have a limited number of appointments available. Please be assured our clinicians are working to their full capacity and new appointments are available daily. Kind regards Patient Experience Team
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Review titled Very unhelpful
Rated 1 star out of 5
by Tiffany - Posted on 14 February 2023
My son needed to get a form signed to continue his military service. I dropped the forms off to the surgery and volunteered to pay to which I was told there was no charge. A week later I went back to ask for the forms back to be told that there was no record of the forms so I dropped off another set. I was told that it could take 2 weeks. A week later I revisited to ask for the forms and was told that they weren’t ready so I dropped off another set of forms. 4days later my son recieved a phone call from the surgery but couldn’t answer as he was at work but when he tried to call back he couldn’t get an answer. My husband went to the surgery (he has permission to act on my sons behalf) to be meet by a very rude receptionist, who said that it could take 28 days and we would need to pay. Why didn’t the other receptionists mention this. We have kept our cool through out this complete mess, we have treated the receptionists with respect, this can not be said for the receptionists treatment of us. This is the highlighted version as I’m so angry.
Visited February 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 16 February 2023
Dear Tiffany, I am sorry to hear that you are unhappy with the level of service at the practice. You are welcome to submit a feedback form on our website if you would like me to look into this further. https://www.modalitypartnership.nhs.uk/contact Kind Regards, Patient Experience Team
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Review titled Thank you
Rated 3 stars out of 5
by Sandy - Posted on 12 February 2023
My asthma has been in crisis since November. This week I knew it wasnt good so tried to get an appointment as I needed a review. I tried to call for an appointment no luck, Monday Tuesday Wednesday morning. Tried the system on Wednesday at 530pm as recommended, earliest was 27th February. I knew this was too late. At the moment it was at the point where a delay would be a hospital admission possibly something we all want to avoid. I was told to call Thursday. At 8.29 I was number 18 in the queue at 9.00am I was 16. I then filled out an online triage form something I had to do in December as no appointment was free. I was called back by a wonderful kind Receptionist who apologised as there where no appointments. I crumbled, I just needed a doctor with a stethoscope to listen, a doctor who has my history of the last 12 weeks of seeing asthma professionals who would be able to see me. She understood and said she would speak to someone. I was seen at 10.30am on Friday. The fabulous doctor apologised was embarrassed I had to beg to be seen. He agreed my asthma was not good, I am on steroids, antibiotics, having a sputum check and chest xray. What is so sad is Ship Street has amazing staff with amazing care and I am not changing my surgery but this Modality set up is failing. Its failing the staff, its failing the patients and its failing the community as a whole. Begging to see a doctor is not good quality patient care. Please on behalf of us that do not want to be a burden, address this very sad demise of an amazing group of healthcare professionals now before someone loses their life due to an appointment system that is failing us all.
Visited February 2023
Review titled Ship Street Surgery
Replied on 16 February 2023
Dear Sandy, I am sorry to hear that you are unhappy with the level of service at the practice. You are welcome to submit a feedback form on our website if you would like me to look into this further. https://www.modalitypartnership.nhs.uk/contact Kind Regards, Patient Experience Team