Appointments

There have been doctors practicing in Chagford since at least 1804. The current Health Centre was purpose-built in 1979 and underwent major alterations in 1983, 1991 and 1998. It has both access and toilet facilities for the disabled plus a toilet for wheelchair users.

In addition to the main surgery in Chagford we hold a branch surgery weekly in Drewsteignton on a Tuesday afternoon.

You can call the surgery number to make an appointment.  You can view our GP consulting times on this website.

Home Visits

If possible please try to telephone reception before 10am if you require a home visit.

A doctor or nurse may phone you back as it may be that your problem can be dealt with by telephone advice, or that it would be more appropriate to send a nurse, or indeed arrange a hospital attendance.

House visits are only available for patients who are housebound because of illness or disability.

Please remember that several patients can be seen in the practice in the time that it takes to make one home visit. There are also better facilities for examining and treating patients at the Health Centre.

We offer Telephone appointments Monday-Friday with Dr Wood and Dr Hart. 

The following are suitable for telephone consultations:

• Follow-up discussions or advice relating to previously seen or existing conditions.
• Medication reviews where the existing prescriptions are straightforward.
• Discussion of test results.
• Fit Note Issue / Reissue (Although a subsequent face to face consultation may be required)
• Discussions re the suitability of, or reactions to medication.
• Discussions of an administrative nature such as choice of provider or clinical procedure.
• Instances where the doctor or nurse has suggested a telephone call as being suitable.

The following circumstances would indicate that a telephone consultation may not be appropriate:

• Where the patient is not known personally to the doctor.
• Where the doctor considers that an examination should be made.
• Where the doctor considers that there is a degree of risk involved in a remote consultation.
• Where the patient is abroad. This effectively would be a consultation in another country where the doctor may not be licensed to practise, and where he / she may not be insured. Patients should be advised in these circumstances to seek help locally and through their travel or health insurer.
• Where the doctor’s ability to monitor or provide follow-up care is compromised.
• Where the doctor is aware that the patient may have communication difficulties (e.g. deafness or speech problems) or where there is reason to believe that the patient may have difficulty in understanding.
• Where the use of telephone or other remote means may be insensitive to the emotional or similar needs of the patient.