Update for patients of Darwin Medical Practice - April 2025
Whilst we try hard to maintain as many appointments as possible we have found it really difficult over the last 2-3 months due to the level of sickness that we have experienced. Whilst funding is challenging the practice has ensured funding for additional Doctors and Nurse Practitioners (locums), however, sometimes we have struggled to provide enough appointments even with the use of multiple additional locums.
We would like to offer our apologies for any frustration or inconvenience the last few weeks have caused. We are pleased to inform you that our team are all returning to work and that we are in the process of recruiting an additional doctor to help increase the appointments that we can offer.
Whilst this is good news, we are aware that there may be patients who still haven’t had the appointment that they would like and we are therefore providing additional locum sessions during April to try to help us catch up.
We are grateful for your understanding and kind interactions with our Care Navigation team who get the unfortunate task of telling everyone when we have struggled to meet the number of requests for appointments.
Lisa Eales
Business Manager