Selsey Medical Centre

Our Philosophy of Care

This is very simple - we believe that every patient is entitled to receive the highest standard of care available.

The doctors and staff wish to provide a friendly, efficient and personal service to all of our patients and we believe that in general we succeed, even though the practice has been the larger of the local practices for many years.

Preventative medicine is the best medicine and the practice has a long commitment to preventative health care and has been running a coronary risk factor screening clinic, well woman clinic since 1979 and a weight clinic since 1980. Antenatal and immunisation clinics have been established even longer.

We are always happy to see children. The Partners and most of our staff are married and have children of their own: this doesn't make us experts, but it certainly helps! So, you can be assured that we will appreciate your fears and concerns.

Families, children and their problems are very important to the doctors and staff, for we are family practitioners and believe that an understanding of these problems and relationships forms the basis of a good general practice.

It is for these reasons that for many years we have made special provisions for seeing children under school age. Special surgeries are run for children; in return we ask that parents do their best to ensure that their children are on their best behaviour and do not annoy other patients.

We are not complacent and constantly strive to improve the care that we offer, actively engaging in audit of our performance in order to improve both our clinical performance and the service that we provide. The doctors and staff regularly attend educational courses to keep abreast of developments in care.

The Friends Of Selsey Medical Centre

We are extremely fortunate to have the valuable support of such a dedicated group of volunteers as the Friends who, through their devoted efforts, have equipped and furnished our purpose-built Medical Centre which opened in January 2001.

Objectives Of The Friends

To raise funds to provide increased and improved facilities and amenities, over and above that which is provided by the NHS, for the benefit of all patients in Selsey and the wider community, who use the Selsey Medical Centre.

Achievements To Date

Initially the Friends provided the finance to furnish the new medical centre with all the basic equipment. Since then they have provided a wide range of specialised equipment and facilities ranging from ECG machines, 24-hour BP monitors, a retinal camera, automatic doors, examination couches, provided the finance to turn office space into a consulting room and provided a vast range of medical equipment, too numerous to list, as requested by the medical staff.

If you would like an application to join the Friends, please request a form from our reception desk.

Transport To The Hospital

Transport to the hospital for your appointment or admission may be arranged through St John Ambulance - 785632 or 574732 - or Sammy Community Transport on 827821.

Freedom Of Information - Publication Scheme

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 obliges the practice to produce a Publication Scheme. A Publication Scheme is a guide to the 'classes' of information the practice intends to routinely make available.

This scheme is available from reception.