Welcome to Woodlands Health Centre

The doctors and staff at Woodlands Health Centre in Paddock Wood, Kent are proud to offer the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare.We run many important clinics for the management of chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes and offer a wide variety of other medical services including antenatal and postnatal care, minor surgery, childhood vaccinations, cryotherapy clinics and well-person check-ups.

In addition to everything you need to know about the practice you will also find a wealth of health-related information in the menu on the right hand side. Please have a look around and we value your comments and feedback.

EXTENDED HOURS SURGERIES

On Monday and Friday mornings and evenings we have extended surgeries in which doctors each cover an earlier or later surgery slot on rotation to ensure that any patients who are commuters, and are therefore unable to make an appointment during our normal surgery hours, are still able to have an appointment.

These are not able to be booked online, please request one of these appointments from the receptionist.

They run from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM in the morning and 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

PRESCRIPTION NOTICE

Please can patients note that we will now be taking prescription phonecalls between 11- 12, and 3-4. This will be for prescription enquires.

Due to safety issues we will NOT be taking prescriptions over the phone for patients unless you are housebound. We do need to have prescriptions in writing. These can be made by use of the following:

• Posting your slip in the box on the reception front desk in both Paddock Wood and East Peckham surgery during opening hours;
• Posting your slip through the external post box at Paddock Wood or East Peckham surgery at any time;
• Online through our online prescription service.

To sign up to our online prescription service, please bring in some photo identification to one of our receptionists who can sign you up for the service.

If your prescription is urgent please give it in at the front desk and write urgent on it. Please do not phone in if you have run out of your medication, prescriptions are not processed any quicker if they are phoned in.

Our prescription staff can only issue repeat prescriptions. A repeat prescription is one that includes your regular medication. This does not normally include antibiotics. If you would like a prescription for medication which you have not had for a long time, or that is not on your repeat prescription you will need to speak to your doctor.

Posted 05.03.12