BOOK ONLINE FOR DOCTORS APPOINTMENT.Byline: , Jane Yelland Yelland is a small village in North Devon between Instow and Fremington in the English county of Devon. Yelland is included within the parish of Fremington. Character Plus repeat prescription repeat prescription repeat n (Brit); I'd like a repeat prescription → je voudrais renouveler mon ordonnance service THOUSANDS of patients in Huddersfield Huddersfield, city (1991 pop. 147,825), Kirklees metropolitan district, N central England, on the Colne River. Its textile industry, including cotton, woolen, and rayon goods, is important. Other products are machinery, iron goods, chemicals, and dyed fabrics. can now book appointments with their GP at the click of a computer mouse. Eighteen out of 52 surgeries in Huddersfield have introduced an internet-based appointments service called EMIS EMIS Education Management Information System EMIS Energie en Milieu Informatiesysteem voor het Vlaamse Gewest (Belgium) EMIS European Mathematical Information Service EMIS Egton Medical Information Systems Access. The service lets patients view their GP's timetable online and book or cancel appointments 24 hours a day. Patients can update their contact details online, and will soon be able to use it to order repeat prescriptions. The new service means patients can avoid the frustration of trying to get through to their surgery on the phone. It will also free up staff time, and save the NHS NHS abbr. National Health Service NHS (in Britain) National Health Service several million of pounds a year in administration costs. In national trials, the system has proved particularly popular with busy commuters, older patients and people with disabilities. To use EMIS Access, patients at participating Huddersfield surgeries need to ask for a pin number at the reception desk, and then log on to the EMIS Access website to register. Dr John Priestman & Partners at Kirkburton Health Centre in Huddersfield, are already using EMIS access. Dr Priestman said: "It is already proving popular with our patients and we're confident that take-up will grow as more become aware of it. "Patients like it because they can book an appointment at any hour of the day or night and avoid the frustration of lengthy telephone queues. "Our surgery staff are also faced with fewer phone calls, freeing them to carry out other tasks." Sean Riddell, Deputy Managing Director of EMIS said: "EMIS Access is a great example of how new technology can deliver benefits to the NHS ( for both patients and staff. "The number of users in Huddersfield is growing all the time. "It's great for patients ( because it allows them to book an appointment at their leisure, and avoid lengthy telephone queues. "It's also great for surgeries ( because it frees up time for staff to devote to other tasks, and cuts down on administration costs." |
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