{"id":315,"date":"2023-12-03T23:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T23:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.westbrookfamilymedical.com.au\/?p=315"},"modified":"2023-12-03T23:41:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T23:41:46","slug":"appointments-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westbrookfamilymedical.com.au\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"Appointments Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Walk in appointments availability policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a patient presents to the practice without an appointment and they have urgent medical needs, the patient is triaged by a clinical team member, the practice will respond with the appropriate action according to the patient\u2019s needs. If the patient\u2019s needs are not urgent, our team will make every effort to accommodate the patient\u2019s needs by providing them with the next available appointment with a doctor. A triage guide is available at the reception area to assist non-clinical team members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We provide a wide range of quality health, well-being and medical services to patients of all ages. The practice offers services to Toowoomba and it\u2019s surrounding areas, focusing on improving and maintaining good health. The practitioners are experienced, specialised and committed to the health of your entire family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a patient presents to the practice without an appointment and they have urgent medical needs, the patient is triaged by a clinical team member, the practice will respond with the appropriate action according to the patient\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Appointments Policy - Westbrook Family Medical<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If a patient presents to the practice without an appointment and they have urgent medical needs, the patient is triaged by a clinical team member.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westbrookfamilymedical.com.au\/?p=315\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Appointments Policy - 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