Inspire Health and practices within the Chesterfield and Dronfield PCN have joined up to create morning, evening and weekend access to many types of appointments on weekdays as early as 7am and as late as 8pm and also on weekends. 

Inspire Health and practices within Chesterfield and Dronfield PCN have joined up to create morning, evening and weekend access to many types of appointments on weekdays, as early as 7am and as late as 8pm, and also on weekends.

Avenue House Surgery has appointments available on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and Saturdays. Please specify when requesting an appointment if you would like us to check morning, evening and weekend appointments. 

The clinician you see may be from another practice but will be able to see your notes and add the information to your regular practice - providing you give us consent to do so. 

If you need to cancel a 'HUB' appointment and the surgery is closed please call 01246 957 549 and follow the instructions. This number is operational: Weekdays from 6pm.

When the service reaches capacity there are alternative services for some medical issues. 

Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP), Paramedic Practitioners (PP) and Physician Associates (PA) are all highly trained clinicians and are part of NHS England's long-term plan to increase the number of additional healthcare professionals, which gives GPs more time to focus on complex patient needs

While traditionally, patients would see a GP for all issues, this is no longer the case, these roles increase capacity and access for our patients and give our GPs valuable time to focus on patients with complex medical needs.

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If you require a home visit, please contact the practice by telephone from 8am. 

You may only request a home visit if you are housebound or are too ill to visit the practice. Your GP will only visit you at home if they think that your medical condition requires it and will also decide how urgently a visit is needed. Please bear this in mind and be prepared to provide suitable details to enable the doctor to schedule house calls. You can also be visited at home by a community nurse if you are referred by your GP.

Please follow this link to contact Community & District Nursing

You should also be visited at home by a health visitor if you have recently had a baby or if you are newly registered with a GP and have a child under five years.

Please follow this link for more information from Family Health Services

Inspire Health is a 'Training Practice' which means we often have doctors placed in our surgery who are working under supervision of the GPs.

Sometimes during training video equipment may be used to record the actual consultation. Patient permission should always be given before recording can take place and if you refuse your wishes will be respected. Your decision will have no bearing on future care.

The Practice is also involved in placements for students. We have visiting Medical, Nursing, Physician Associate and Pharmacist students. The students will 'shadow' various members of the surgery team and your consent may be asked for them to be present during your consultation. We will respect your privacy and wishes if you prefer the students not to be present.

Some of the final year medical students also see patients. The medical student would normally see a patient for 20 minutes and take a history from the patient. Then a GP would join them for a further 10 minute appointment for the 'consultation'.  If you are happy to be more involved in the teaching of medical students in this way or as part of a panel of 'expert patients' please let one of the team know.