Monday 6 June

Monday will see the start of the building work.  Please remember we will be open as usual at Lightwater throughout the re-development work.  We will offer all the same services, opening times and exactly the same number of appointments.

Clearly with fewer consulting rooms we will need to be flexible on using the remaining rooms.  You may notice unusual appointment times such as evenings and afternoons and you may be offered an appointment at our Windlesham branch surgery.

Blood tests (phlebotomy) will be the most obvious change.  Blood samples need to be processed by the lab as soon as possible after they have been taken.  For this reason we must do all our blood taking in the mornings.  This allows for the blood to be collected at 1030 and 1300 and transported to Frimley Park.  As these phlebotomy sessions are not flexible by time we have needed to move most of them to the Windlesham branch.  We realise this is not ideal and will cause problems for some of our patients.  The alternative would have been to send patients to Frimley Park to have the blood taken there.  If any patient has a problem attending Windlesham or getting to Frimley Park then please discuss this with our reception staff and we will be able to make separate arrangements.