The Three Minute Surgery ("TMS")

 - QUICK, SIMPLE SINGLE PROBLEMS, THAT YOU THINK WON'T TAKE LONG 

This is a clinic unique to Gleadless Medical Centre. It runs every Monday to Friday and starts at 10:30am. We don't finish the clinic until everyone has been seen but we stop giving numbers out at 12 midday. To get an appointment please ask reception from 08:30-12pm and pick up a number (a bit like a fresh food counter at your local supermarket!). Also, from May of 2009 we have been offering these "TMS appointment numbers" over the telephone.

This clinic gives you access to a doctor either ON THE SAME DAY (or within 24 hours if you call after that day's surgery is over).  It is for a single medical problem that you feel can be dealt with in 3 minutes. You will first see a health care assistant who will record your symptoms and then you will see a doctor to make a diagnosis and plan any treatment.

Examples of problems that can effectively be treated in TMS include infections, prescription enquiries, simple aches or pains. It is generally not suitable for conditions or symptoms that have been going on for more than a few weeks. This option is not for you if you have more than one medical problem to discuss and not for mental health problems such as depression and anxiety.

If the doctor feels that TMS is not right for you then they will redirect you according to your needs. 

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