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In common with Hospitals and NHS Boards, typical SHOW General Practice Web Sites have been divided into a standard set of sections which contain the information provided. Each SHOW general practice site should contain the information grouped into these sections, as follows:

Consulting Times

This section contains details of the practice's hours of business, consulting times and out-of-hours contact details.

Seeing your doctor

Information in this section covers procedures for registering with a practice, procedures for arranging appointments, repeat prescriptions, etc.

Special Clinics and other Services

This section provides details of specific clinics and services provided by a practice. Typical among the items of information on these services are:

• An overview of the clinic,
• Details of the type of staff operating the clinic (including links to details of the practice team).
• Times and means of making an appointment.
• Links to other relevant information as defined by the practice
• Links to relevant health education resources.

The Practice Team

This section contains details of the staff working at the practice.

About the Practice

This section contains details about the on-going operation of the practice. Practice business plans, equipment levels, prescribing policies, details of links to other health providing institutions.

Links

This section covers information on other organisations with which the practice has links - this might include contact details for local hospitals to which referrals are commonly made. In addition, links to information resources from other sources which do not directly relate to clinics and services offered may be contained in this section. Health education resources or simple medical advice might also be included in this section

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