The Southern Independent Medical Practice welcomes new patients, whether on an individual, family (adult(s) with children up to age 21), or corporate basis, and our experienced and caring team is dedicated to providing the best possible care for all your GP needs in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and surrounding areas.
We offer both telephone and face to face consultations for our members, though we do believe that where possible patients should attend the Practice so they can receive the highest level of personal face to face care from our GP’s and Practice Nurse.
To apply for our HealthPlan membership, you’ll need to complete our New Patient application forms, which enable us to assess your current and ongoing medical needs. Application forms are assessed by our medical team on a case by case basis. This is to ensure we do not oversubscribe and that we have enough appointments available each week for all our members.
When your application has been assessed, we’ll inform you by letter of the outcome. If you are accepted as a member, we’ll invite you to an introduction consultation with one of the GP’s. This consultation is for you to tell us about yourself and should last 20-30 minutes long. After that, you can book in your annual health check.
The annual health check is completed over 2 appointments. Both last approximately 40 minutes.
During the first appointment the nurse will carry out routine checks, including height, weight, blood pressure and fasting blood tests. Three weeks later, you will have an appointment with one of our GPs to review the results of the nurse checks. They will also carry out a full medical examination, which will vary depending on your gender and age.
The results of the nurse checks and GP examination are then collated into a written report and sent to you. We’ll talk to you if any recommendations or follow-ups are needed.
Our members are entitled to unlimited routine nurse and GP appointments. We pride ourselves on being able to offer unhurried and flexible appointments, usually within 48 hours.
Other membership benefits include:
- Access to emergency appointments
- Urgent out-of-hours GP telephone advice
- Routine blood tests
- Free seasonal flu vaccination
- Free travel advice
- NHS or private referrals as required.
We also have an in-house pharmacy where most medication costs less than the standard NHS prescription cost.
