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The Medway area has a long and varied history dominated originally by the city of Rochester and later by the naval and military establishments principally in Chatham and Gillingham. Because of its strategic location by the major crossing of the River Medway, it has made a wide and historically significant contribution to Kent, and to England, dating back thousands of years, as evident in the siting of Watling Street by the Romans and by the Norman Rochester Castle, Rochester Cathedral (the second oldest in Britain), and the Chatham naval dockyard and its associated defences.
The Canterbury Street Health Centre is open 365 days a year from 8.00am to 8.00pm. We offer a flexible approach to working days and contracted hours.
The full time rota is based on nine sessions, one of which is for CPD (that's a total of 37.5 hours per week or 150 hours per month). Some GPs like to work a longer session with days off and some prefer working discrete sessions. Usually we can accommodate both approaches.
We have weekly clinical meetings to review cases, prescribing matters, general clinical governance issues and developments in the service. We regularly invite speakers to our meetings and will provide training when required. We take a proactive approach to the healthcare needs of the population we serve. The clinical meetings are included in GP contracted working hours as part of our commitment to professional development. In addition, we meet monthly with our locality colleagues for a half day session and this is also covered in the contracted hours.
We cover both registered patients and patients who are not registered with the practice as part of the walk-in service. For routine problems the walk-in offers a “first come, first served basis”. Urgent cases are seen as a priority. The appointment system is a closed system, which means that we do not add extra appointments at the end of the clinic session.
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