Book an Appointment

We run a nurse triage based appointment system. Please call 03000 843200 if you are feeling unwell. If the nurse feels you need to be seen by a nurse or doctor you will be added to a triage clinic and you will receive a response within 48 hours.

 If our triage team decide you need to see a clinician, you will receive a telephone call with details of your appointment. Please ensure you are available on the number you have given.

Some routine appointments can now be requested via our “Contact Tywyn Health Centre” button.  Simply click on the picture you see to the left of this text. Click on this button wherever you see it on our website and you will be taken directly to our contact form.  You can use the contact form to request appointments for:

• Medication reviews
• Routine blood tests
• Routine blood pressure

Home Visits are for house bound patients only. If you think you need a home visit please contact on 03000 843200 before 10:00am. 

You will be contacted by our Triage Nurse who will discuss your symptoms and if they feel you need to be seen, they will arrange a visit from the most appropriate clinician.  Please note it takes a Doctor at least four times longer to see you at home than in the Surgery.

All patients are entitled to have a chaperone present for any consultation, examination or procedure if they would like one. The chaperone may be a family member, friend or we have staff who are happy to offer this service.

If you need a chaperone then we would ask wherever possible if you would please make request this at the time of booking your appointment so that your appointment is not delayed in any way. When this is not possible we will try to provide a formal chaperone at the time of the request but occasionally it can be difficult to find a chaperone who is free at short notice meaning that your appointment could be delayed or we need to ask you to reschedule your appointment at another time.  In some circumstances your Healthcare Professional may also require a chaperone to be present for certain consultations in accordance with our chaperone policy.

Approximately 4% of patients do not attend their GP appointment and 6% do not attend their nurse appointments per month i.e. the patient does not turn up for the appointment and does not contact the surgery in advance to cancel/change appointment.  The affect of these are:

• An increase in the waiting time for appointments
• Frustration for both staff and patients
• A waste of resources
• A potential risk to the health of the patient

A monthly report of the clinical system on the number of DNA will be reviewed by the Practice Manager, and patients who repeatedly do not attend their appointments will be highlighted to the GPs.  A decision will be made as to whether an informal or formal letter is to be sent these patients. Consideration will be given to the patient’s medical conditions.

If you arrive late for your appointment that appointment will be cancelled and you will have to re-schedule your appointment.