Contact

Address:

The Border Practice
Blackwater Way
Aldershot
Hants
GU12 4DN

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Telephone:

01252 344434

 
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Border Surgery Reception Desk

Telephone 01252 344434

Open Mon-Fri 8:30am - 6:30pm

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Welcome to The Border Practice, Aldershot

We are a practice of 4 doctors, 3 nurses, 1 HCA, 1 phlebotomist and 20 additional staff. Between us we look after over 8,900 patients and rising in the Aldershot area. We aim to provide a high standard of personal care for our patients and a comprehensive range of medical services. You can read more about us in the section ‘staff’ ...here...Our surgery is located at Blackwater Way and we moved there in December 2005.

If you are looking for a practice to join or if you are already registered with this practice, we hope that you will find the information on our website useful. The same information can be found in our Practice Leaflet, which is available from our reception or as a PDF download - "Border Surgery Practice Leaflet 2007"...here...

Registration forms can be obtained from reception. Two forms of identification are required; one of which needs to have proof of residency and photo ID. On completion you will be offered an appointment for a new patient health check. A map of our catchment area is available to view at reception.


Adverse Weather Conditions

We are very proud to say that we have managed to keep our surgery open during all of the adverse weather conditions over the last week, most days offering a full level of service, with some days on emergency service levels.  The team have made a huge effort to get into the surgery so we can continue caring for you all.  We very much appreciate the large volume of thanks and compliments we have received from our patients for managing to stay open, thoughout a very difficult time for all.

  

New member of staff

We are proud to announce that a new full-time GP has joined us at The Border Practice.  Dr Nishan Fernando joined us on 2nd November 2009 and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and skill. You can book appointments to see him, either via our Appointments On Line system or by phoning us.


New Online Appointments Service

We have launched an Appointments On-Line Service.  Please contact the surgery to request a log in.  Once you have done this, you can follow the following link to book appointments with our GPs and to order Repeat Prescriptions. https://the-border-practice.appointments-online.co.uk/


Swine Flu

If you have flu-like symptoms, follow Government guidelines and do not come to the surgery. Stay at home and phone - TheNational Pandemic Flu Line on 0800 1 513 100 (Textphone 0800 1 513 200) or click on to www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu

Further information is available on: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

You can reduce the risk of catching or spreading flu by:

  • Always covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
  • Disposing of dirty tissues promptly and carefully.
  • Maintaining good basic hygiene, for example, washing hands frequently with soap and warm water, to reduce the spread of the virus from your hands to face or to other people.
  • Cleaning hard surfaces, such as door handles, frequently using a normal cleaning product.

Swine Flu Vaccinations

Our Swine Flu Vaccination Programme follows Government Guidelines and we are starting our vaccination programme with the clinical priority groups as shown below:-

The clinical risk groups, in order of priority are:

  1. Individuals aged six months and up to 65 years in the current seasonal flu vaccine clinical at risk groups
  2. Pregnant women
  3. Household contacts of immunocompromised individuals
  4. People aged 65 and over in the current seasonal flu vaccine clinical at risk groups

We are now also vaccinating children over 6 months and under 5 years, who are not in At-Risk groups.  Patents/Guardians should soon be receiving a letter from us, however, you can already call the surgery to book an appointment.

Should you be in one of the above groups please call reception during the afternoon to make an appointment.


Opening times

Our Standard Opening Hours are, Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 6.30pm

  • Please note that you can call us at any time during our opening hours to make an appointment.
  • We ask that patients wishing to book an appointment in advance phone us after 10am
  • If you need an urgent same day appointment, please call from 8.30am.
  • Please call after 11am for test results.

Morning Surgery

Doctors appointments are available from 8.30am to 11.00am. Some of these appointments are pre-bookable (please phone after 10am to book these) and some are bookable on the day only, for urgent issues.

Afternoon Surgery

Doctors appointments are available from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. Some of these appointments are pre-bookable (please phone after 10am to book these) and some are bookable on the day only, for urgent issues.

Late Evening Surgery

GP appointments are available twice a month from 6.30pm to 8.20pm. This is meant for full time workers only and appointments must be booked in advance. It is not a walk-in surgery.

Saturday Surgery

GP appointments are available twice a month from 8.30am to 12-noon. This is meant for full time workers only and appointments must be booked in advance. It is not a walk-in surgery.

For a complete schedule of surgeries & clinics, please click ...here...

Please remember to cancel any unwanted appointments or advise us if you are unavoidably delayed.

If you have any questions, please contact the practice, either by telephone or in person at the surgery.

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